BlockRinard, Illinois
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Keith Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62878. The Survey maps it on the Cisne quadrangle. It stands 459 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1948 USGS Flora quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Flora quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Cisne quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Olney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
5 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rinard in 5 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rinard | $10,000 | Power lines and a power pole were downed in Rinard as a thunderstorm line surged eastward through northern Wayne County. |
| August 2014 | Heavy Rain | Rinard | $5,000 | U.S. Highway 45 was flooded near the Clay County line. A vehicle was stranded in floodwaters. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rinard | $4,000 | A small microburst damaged a barn roof and tore down some tree limbs. The damage path was only about one half to three quarters of a mile long and less than one hundred yards wide. |
| August 2024 | Flood | Rinard | - | Minor street flooding and creek overflows were reported near Cisne and Fairfield. Rainfall rates were on the order of 1-1.5 inches within an hour. |
| May 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Rinard | - | Emergency managers observed a funnel cloud briefly touch down for less than a minute. No damage was observed. Some leaves were picked up. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Point | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Cisne | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Johnsonville | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Enterprise | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Zenith | 8.5 miles | 10 | |
| Round Prairie | 8.7 miles | 9 | |
| Geff | 9.4 miles | 8 | |
| Orchardville | 10.7 miles | 9 |
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 Rinard | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7334578 | 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 416679. 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.