BlockRural Hill, Illinois
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Flannigan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62890. The Survey maps it on the Akin quadrangle. It stands 568 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 18 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.
- 1908 USGS Galatia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Galatia quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Akin quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Galatia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rural Hill in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rural Hill | $3,000 | Hamilton County avoided the major wind impact that occurred in places to the south and southwest from a major derecho. There were a few trees down in the Walpole area, but no structural damage was reported. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Rural Hill | - | Quarter-size hail fell in the southwest corner of Hamilton County. |
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Rural Hill | - | Several roads were flooded and closed in the southern part of the county toward the Saline County line. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Rural Hill | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| University | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Braden | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Tuckers Corners | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Cornerville | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| Olga | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Walpole | 5.4 miles | 19 | |
| Flint | 7.2 miles | 10 |
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 Q16899498 | 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 423140. 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.