BlockRidgeville, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Ridgeland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60955. The Survey maps it on the Onarga West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1948 USGS Buckley quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Buckley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Fairbury quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Onarga West quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ridgeville in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2020: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | Tornado (EFU) | Ridgeville | - | Photos from trained spotters showed a brief tornado that touched down southeast of Piper City in Ford County and continued northeast into Iroquois County, ending west northwest of Onarga. No damage was reported and the path was estimated based on reports from trained spotters. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ridgeville | - | Multiple power lines were blown down along Route 54 Between Gilman and Thawville. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 416650. 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.