BlockRising Sun, Illinois
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Emma Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62821. The Survey maps it on the Maunie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1940 USGS Carmi quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Carmi quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Maunie quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Maunie quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rising Sun in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2021: 3 flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2021 | Flood | Rising Sun | - | Minor flooding occurred on the Wabash River. Some low-lying farmland was underwater, but this flood was even more minor than the flood earlier in the month. |
| May 2017 | Flood | Rising Sun | - | Moderate flooding occurred along the Wabash River. At the river gage at New Harmony, IN, the river crested at 21.68 feet on the 12th. Flood stage is 15 feet. Low farmland was flooded almost to the eastern edge of Phillipstown. Several county roads were flooded. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Rising Sun | - | Minor flooding of the Wabash River occurred in White County. Low-lying fields were flooded, including some cropland. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Rising Sun | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maunie | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Brownsport (historical) | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Elm Grove (historical) | 5.1 miles | 21 | |
| Emma | 5.2 miles | 21 | |
| Epworth | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Garnerville | 8.0 miles | 11 | |
| Herald | 8.5 miles | 20 | |
| Carmi | 9.3 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 416692. 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.