Scottsburg, Illinois
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Walnut Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61422. It stands on Short Fork. The Survey maps it on the Bushnell West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1916 USGS Good Hope quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1918 USGS Good Hope quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Bushnell West quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scottsburg in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scottsburg | - | Power pole blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scottsburg | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph blew down some 2 to 3 inch diameter tree branches on Route 9 about 3 miles east of Good Hope, IL around 226 pm August 19. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Scottsburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good Hope | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Bardolph | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Bushnell | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Walnut Grove | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Lamone Village | 7.4 miles | 20 | |
| University Village | 7.6 miles | 20 | |
| East Village | 7.7 miles | 20 | |
| Macomb | 7.7 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 423167. 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.








