BlockPrairie Hall, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Mount Zion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61925. The Survey maps it on the Long Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1929 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:62500
- 1933 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Long Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Long Creek quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
29,620 words on this townshipHistory of Macon County, Illinois, from Its Organization to 1876, published 1876; History of Macon County, Illinois : with Illustrations Descriptive of Its Scenery, and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Mount Zion Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Mount Zion Township - 29,620 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Prairie Hall: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burgett Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mt. Zion Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Prairie Hall in 4 storm reports between 2015 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2015 | Flood | Prairie Hall | $400,000 | An extended period of heavy rain during the late evening of December 26th in Macon County combined with an already saturated ground to produce flash flooding. Rainfall amounts ranged from 3.00 to 3.50 inches in less than six hours, with the heaviest rain in the southern half of the county. Most rural roads and state highways were flooded and impassable. Locations from Blue Mound through Macon toward Dalton City and south toward the county line with Christian and Shelby County were the most impacted. The flooding continued through all of December 27th. Additional rainfall of 2.30 to 2.70 from December 28th into the 29th aggravated the flooding situation significantly, and spread into the central part of the county, resulting in basement flooding in many parts of Decatur. Nearly every road between State Route 48 and 121 in southern Macon County was flooded for about three days. The flood water finally subsided by the afternoon of December 30th. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prairie Hall | - | Several large evergreen trees were damaged. |
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | Prairie Hall | - | An extended period of heavy rain during the late evening of December 26th in Macon County combined with an already saturated ground to produce flash flooding. Rainfall amounts ranged from 3.00 to 3.50 inches in less than six hours, with the heaviest rain in the southern half of the county. Most rural roads and state highways were flooded and impassable. Locations from Blue Mound through Macon toward Dalton City and south toward the county line with Christian and Shelby County were the most impacted. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prairie Hall | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casner | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Hervey City | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Mount Zion | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Long Creek | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Turpin | 7.5 miles | 14 | |
| Oakley | 8.4 miles | 14 | |
| Sangamon | 8.6 miles | 14 | |
| Chapin | 8.8 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Prairie Hall | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q60765676 | 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 423086. 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.