BlockPayson, Illinois
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Payson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62360. The Survey maps it on the Payson quadrangle.
On record in Payson
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Fall Creek Stone Arch Bridgelisted 1996
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1925 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:62500
- 1927 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Payson quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
26 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Payson in 26 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 15 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Payson | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a barn north of Payson. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Payson | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a couple of trees and power lines. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Payson | - | Thunderstorm winds snapped a four foot diameter tree in half. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Payson | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs around town. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Payson | - | A wide swath of large hail fell across the southern half of Adams County. The largest hailstone was 4.5 inches in Payson. Two inch hail was reported in Kellerville. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Payson | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous 4 to 6 inch diameter tree limbs in Payson. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Payson | - | A downburst blew down a section of corn in a field and broke large tree limbs in a half mile long path. The width of the damage was initially 50 yards wide then spread out to about 100 yards wide along the damage path. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Payson | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and power lines. Also, some shingles were blown off of a home two miles northeast of Payson. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Payson | - | An intense bow echo moved through the Payson area knocking down numerous large trees, tree limbs and power lines. Some of the fallen trees and tree limbs caused varying degrees of damage to several homes in the area. Also, part of the roof of a house in the Briarwood Subdivision was blown off. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Payson | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and a power pole was snapped off. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Payson | - | Storm spotters reported hail up to golf ball size in Payson. One roof and a couple of cars were damaged. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Payson | - | Storm spotters reported 3/4 inch hail. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Payson | - | Storm spotters reported a couple of large trees down in Payson. |
| April 1995 | Hail | Payson | - | Reported by a weather observer southeast of Baldwin Field. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Payson | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Payson | - | no account filed |
| February 2017 | Hail | Payson | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Payson | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Payson | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Payson | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Payson | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Payson | - | no account filed |
| January 2008 | Hail | Payson | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Payson | - | no account filed |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Payson | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Payson | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plainville | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Adams | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Fall Creek | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Burton | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Richfield | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Marblehead | 6.9 miles | 19 | |
| Liberty | 8.3 miles | 11 | |
| Sheridan Estates | 8.7 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 415476. 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.
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.