BlockRising, Illinois
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Hensley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61822. The Survey maps it on the Rising quadrangle. It stands 735 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1907 USGS Mahomet quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Mahomet quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Rising quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Rising quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Champaign quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1998 USGS Rising quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Rising: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Taylor Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Urban Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Webb Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rising in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 2 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 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 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Rising | $5,000 | A tornado developed 3.5 miles southeast of Mahomet. It did minor damage to trees before dissipating less than a minute later. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Rising | - | Streets and roads were flooded resulting in road closures. This report was from mPING. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rising | - | A 3-inch diameter tree branch was blown down. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Rising | - | Numerous roads and viaducts in the cities of Champaign and Urbana were closed due to heavy rain. Observers reported more than 2.00 inches of rain in less than 45 minutes, resulting in the rapid onset of flash flooding. The flooded roads were reopened by late evening. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staley | 3.2 miles | 21 | |
| Bondville | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| Lake of the Woods | 3.9 miles | 21 | |
| Kenwood | 4.1 miles | 21 | |
| Mahomet | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Wilbur Heights | 5.3 miles | 23 | |
| Champaign | 5.6 miles | 24 | |
| Seymour | 6.0 miles | 18 |
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 Q7336105 | 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 423122. 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.