BlockStockland, Illinois
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Stockland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60953. It stands on Mud Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stockland quadrangle. It stands 673 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1938 USGS Milford quadrangle1:48000
- 1944 USGS Milford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Stockland quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Watseka quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Watseka quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stockland in 4 storm reports between 2006 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stockland | $10,000 | A 100 foot tall grain leg was mangled and partially uprooted as anchors were pulled out of the ground. |
| March 2023 | Tornado (EF1) | Stockland | - | A brief tornado occurred south of Stockland dropping just south of E 600 North Rd and east of N 2700 East Rd. The storm damaged trees and power poles and destroyed a small farm outbuilding. The tornado lifted after only a few minutes east of N 3100 East Rd and south of E 880 North Rd just west of the Illinois-Indiana state line. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stockland | - | Multiple tree limbs and power lines were blown down in Stockland. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stockland | - | A dozen 3 to 4 inch diameter tree limbs were blown down. |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Stockland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7618099 | 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 419152. 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.