BlockSaluda, Illinois
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Cedar Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61401. The Survey maps it on the Abingdon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1925 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1927 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Abingdon quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Abingdon quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
13,949 words on this townshipHistory of Knox County, Illinois : Together with Sketches of the Cities, Villages and Townships; Record of Its Volunteers in the Late War; Educational, Religious, Civil and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographical Sketches of the Subscribers; History of Illinois; Abstracts of the State Laws, Etc., Etc., Etc. ; Illustrated, published 1878; Portrait and Biographical Album of Knox County, Illinois, published 1886; Annals of Knox County : Commemorating Centennial of Admission of Illinois As a State of the Union in 1818, published 1921 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Cedar Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Cedar Township - 13,949 words.
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Saluda in 1 storm report in 2009: 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Saluda | - | Heavy rain on an already saturated ground produced extensive flash flooding in southern Knox County, particularly along the Spoon River basin. Part of U.S. Highway 150, about 3 miles southeast of Dahinda, was under water. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abingdon | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Galesburg | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| DeLong | 6.1 miles | 18 | |
| Knoxville | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| East Galesburg | 6.9 miles | 17 | |
| Knox | 8.5 miles | 17 | |
| Hermon | 8.9 miles | 18 | |
| Soperville | 9.4 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 423150. 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.