BlockSpires, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Minonk Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61760. The Survey maps it on the Dana quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1958 USGS Flanagan quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Dana quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Fairbury quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1999 USGS Dana quadrangle1:24000
Storms near this place
2 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spires in 2 storm reports between 2024 and 2026: 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Spires | - | The tornado began two miles east-southeast of Minonk, near a residence on County Road 2000, producing damage to several trees. Sentinel satellite data showed the tornado tracked northeast through several corn fields, producing damage to the corn. The tornado damaged more trees at a residence on County Road 2100, very close to the Woodford-Livingston county line. The tornado then continued into Livingston County, where it produced damage to trees, corn, and utility poles before quickly dissipating after two tenths of a mile. The damage was rated EF-0 in both Woodford and Livingston counties. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Spires | - | 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.
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 Q97195880 | 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 423198. 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.