BlockStaley, Illinois
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Champaign Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61822. The Survey maps it on the Bondville quadrangle. It stands 741 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1907 USGS Mahomet quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Bondville quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Mahomet quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Bondville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Bondville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Champaign quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1998 USGS Bondville quadrangle1:24000
Storms near this place
15 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Staley in 15 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Staley | $85,000 | More than 50 homes and basements were flooded in Champaign. In addition, numerous streets were flooded across the city due to heavy rain. |
| June 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Staley | $80,000 | A weak tornado touched down in the backyard of a residence on Copper Ridge Road about 4.5 miles southwest of downtown Champaign at 2:16 PM CDT. The tornado damaged the roofs of two homes, a shed, fencing, and several trees before it quickly dissipated about 30 seconds later one tenth of a mile southeast of where it formed. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Staley | $50,000 | Flash flooding and high water was reported on numerous streets in Champaign and Urbana. Numerous basements were flooded as well. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Staley | $20,000 | Two semi trailers were blown over at I-74 and I-57. |
| October 2009 | Lightning | Staley | $20,000 | A six unit apartment building on the west side of Champaign was struck by lightning, which caused a fire. Walls in one of the apartments were damaged, as well as a furnace. All of the occupants of the building escaped unharmed. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Staley | $15,000 | Numerous trees were damaged in Zahnd Park. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Staley | $10,000 | A semi was blown over on Staley Road. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Staley | $10,000 | A large tree branch was blown onto a vehicle in the 2300 block of Rebecca Drive on the southwest side of Champaign. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Staley | $4,000 | Powerlines were blown onto Bradley Avenue west of Duncan Road. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Staley | - | A 62 mph wind gust was measured. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Staley | - | Locally heavy rainfall of 3 to 4.5 inches resulted in several roads becoming flooded and impassable on the west side of Champaign. Flooded roads included Interstate Drive, Mattis Avenue, Country Fair Drive, and neighborhoods near I-57/I-72 interchange. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Staley | - | Several large tree branches were blown down throughout the Maynard Lake neighborhood. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Staley | - | A large tree was blown down on Springfield Avenue at I-57. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Staley | - | A large tree was blown down at Maplewood Drive and Maplepark Drive. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Staley | - | 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 Q7597230 | 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 423201. 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.