BlockPureton, Illinois
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Noble Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62868. The Survey maps it on the Noble quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1949 USGS Olney quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Noble quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Olney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pureton in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2022: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Pureton | $70,000 | A tornado touched down in an open field about 3.4 miles north of Noble at 5:24 pm CST. The tornado tracked to the east-northeast...damaging the roof of a house, destroying a garage, damaging a truck in the garage, and downing several trees before doing damage to the roof of a barn on Pleasant Ridge Lane at around 5:26 pm. The tornado continued to the east-northeast for another 7 minutes primarily damaging trees. The tornado dissipated at 5:33 pm CST, 3.2 miles north-northwest of Olney about one-half mile northwest of the Richland Country Club. |
| November 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pureton | $10,000 | Metal siding was peeled off a home and a rotten tree was uprooted. This damage occurred south of a tornado track. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Pureton | - | Route 250 was closed west of Olney due to flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilsonburg (historical) | 2.2 miles | 10 | |
| Noble | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Glenwood (historical) | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Passport | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Watertown (historical) | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Schnell | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Fransonia (historical) | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Gallagher | 7.3 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 Q122551491 | 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 423093. 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.