BlockStringtown, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1986. It stands in German Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62450. It stands on Murphy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Landes 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.
- 1910 USGS Hardinville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Landes quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Stringtown in 2010, burning about 5 acres 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 October 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | CALEB |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stringtown in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2026: 2 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2026 | Funnel Cloud | Stringtown | - | Storm chaser video showed a well-defined funnel cloud extending at least half way to the ground approximately four miles west of Chauncey. However, no evidence of a tornado was found in this area. This thunderstorm went on to produce a tornado in Crawford County four minutes after this funnel cloud was sighted. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Stringtown | - | Several periods of rainfall occurred as a result of the remnants of Tropical Storm Bill. Rainfall totals ranged from 2.50 to 5.00 on already saturated ground. Most rural roads in the northwest half of the county were impassable. |
| June 2015 | Flood | Stringtown | - | Several periods of rainfall occurred as a result of the remnants of Tropical Storm Bill. Rainfall totals ranged from 2.50 to 5.00 on already saturated ground. Most rural roads in the northwest half of the county were impassable. The periods of rainfall persisted through the rest of June 19th and into June 20th. This caused roadways and creeks to remain flooded. The flooding subsided by the late morning of June 20th. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Stringtown | - | Slow moving thunderstorms produced 2 to 4 inches of rain on already saturated ground during the early morning hours of June 1st. Most rural roads in the county were flooded as a result. Flash flooding was also reported in parts of the city of Olney. The flash flooding subsided by the early afternoon of June 1st. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 423214. 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.