BlockOrchardville, Illinois
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Orchard Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62899. The Survey maps it on the Orchardville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1952 USGS Xenia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Orchardville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Olney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Orchardville: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speaks Clay Exposure Shale | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
9 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Orchardville in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2018: 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Orchardville | $80,000 | The tornado continued from Jefferson County just a short distance into Wayne County. A grain bin was thrown about 100 yards. A storage bin was toppled. A farm auger was knocked over. Metal decking or shingles were stripped off barns. There was shingle and siding damage to homes. Peak winds were estimated near 85 mph. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orchardville | $60,000 | The damage swath extended from Orchardville along and north of Highway 161 to a mile northeast of Mount Erie. Much of the damage was near Cisne, where a house porch was damaged, a large outbuilding was destroyed, and a sign was damaged. A couple of barns and garages were blown over or destroyed. There was minor damage to a couple of sturdier buildings, including a church steeple in Orchardville. Several trees and power lines were down. A power pole was blown over. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orchardville | $15,000 | Trees were uprooted, and a home was damaged. |
| September 2012 | Heavy Rain | Orchardville | - | The 24-hour rainfall near Orchardville was 4.50 inches. Most of this rain fell before dawn on the 26th. Water was over a flood-prone spot on U.S. Highway 45 near Geff for a short time. Some other back roads were flooded in spots. |
| April 2000 | Hail | Orchardville | - | Golf ball size hail covered the ground. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Orchardville | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Orchardville | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Orchardville | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Orchardville | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zenith | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Crisp | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Johnsonville | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Round Prairie | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Keenesville | 7.2 miles | 9 | |
| Blue Point | 8.9 miles | 10 | |
| Cincinnati | 10.3 miles | 9 | |
| Rinard | 10.7 miles | 10 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122554935 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 415163. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.