BlockRochester, Illinois
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Coffee precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62863. It stands on Coffee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Keensburg quadrangle. It stands 394 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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.
- 1903 USGS Patoka quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1904 USGS Mount Carmel quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Keensburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Mount Carmel quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Princeton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Rochester in 2010, burning about 43 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 43 acres | Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge | CANE RIDGE |
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 Rochester: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albion Dredge and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gibson County Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Jack Hocking Sand Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Keensburg Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rochester in 3 storm reports between 2021 and 2024: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2021 | Flood | Rochester | - | Minor flooding occurred on the Wabash River, affecting some farmland outside the protection system of levees and floodwalls. Several local river roads were flooded. Oil well production was halted in the flood plain. |
| April 2024 | Flood | Rochester | - | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Flood | Rochester | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keensburg | 2.2 miles | 19 | |
| Schrodts Station | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Logansburgh (historical) | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Maud | 3.9 miles | 20 | |
| Bellmont | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Mount Carmel | 5.7 miles | 20 | |
| Cowling | 6.3 miles | 19 | |
| Cherry Hill Estates | 6.7 miles | 20 |
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 Rochester | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14688784 | 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 416784. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.