BlockShipman, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Shipman Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62685. The Survey maps it on the Shipman quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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 Brighton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1928 USGS Brighton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Shipman quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Jerseyville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
3,384 words on this townshipHistory of Macoupin County, Illinois : Biographical and Pictorial, published 1911 names this settlement in its chapter on Shipman Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The town of Shipman was named in honor of John H. Shipman, one of the original proprietors, who laid out the town. John L. Roberts was the other proprietor, and the surveyor was George H. Holliday, who surveyed it in 1852. It lies on section 24.
Passage source: History of Macoupin County, Illinois : Biographical and Pictorial, published 1911.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Shipman Township - it names this place 2 more 2 times.
Fires near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Shipman in 2009, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 90334 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
19 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shipman in 19 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 9 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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 2000 | Hail | Shipman | $160,000 | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shipman | $50,000 | Widespread wind damage across the county. In Shipman and Bunker Hill, numerous large tree limbs as well as several large trees were blown down. In Carlinville, two power poles were snapped off at the base and a large tree was blown over onto a house causing moderate roof damage. About 3 miles west of Girard, multiple mature trees were snapped off near the base, another one was uprooted and a power pole was blown over. A couple of large trees were blown over in Staunton. |
| April 2000 | Tornado (F1) | Shipman | $25,000 | A small tornado (low end of F1) struck briefly near Shipman. Two farm buildings were destroyed and some trees and power lines were downed. The tornado was witnessed by several people driving to work that morning. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shipman | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs. |
| December 2008 | Flash Flood | Shipman | - | Several inches of rain fell in a short amount of time on frozen ground causing flash flooding. Illinois Route 16 near Shipman was closed due to 2 to 3 feet of water over the roadway. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Shipman | - | Amateur radio spotters reported hail from three quarters of an inch to one inch from near Shipman to west of Bunker Hill. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Shipman | - | A weak tornado formed in a field northeast of Shipman. There was no damage. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shipman | - | Several trees were blown down on Shipman Road northeast of town. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shipman | - | Amateur radio spotters reported several power lines down in Shipman. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Shipman | - | The County Sheriff reported 3/4 inch hail. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shipman | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed an estimated 30 trees and some power lines in the Shipman area. Virtually all of Shipman was without power for a while. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Shipman | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shipman | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shipman | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Shipman | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Shipman | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Shipman | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Shipman | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Shipman | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centerville | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Plainview | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Piasa | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Royal Lakes | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Miles Station | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Woodburn | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Summerville | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Medora | 6.6 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 418433. 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.
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.