Terre Haute, Illinois
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Terre Haute Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61454. The Survey maps it on the Stronghurst quadrangle. It stands 709 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1918 USGS La Harpe quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Stronghurst quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
7 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Terre Haute in 7 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 3 hail, 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terre Haute | $25,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph caused some tree damage in the Terre Haute Cemetery just north of Terre Haute, IL and blew a tree down onto a house in Terre Haute, IL around 150 am CDT June 27. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Terre Haute | - | Three farmers in this area reported quarter size hail, which resulted in crop damage. The time of this report was estimated from radar. |
| April 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Terre Haute | - | rated F0. |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terre Haute | - | Tree limbs down. |
| April 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Terre Haute | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Terre Haute | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Terre Haute | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decorra | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Iowa Junction | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Lomax | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Carman | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Yellow Banks | 6.9 miles | 14 | |
| Stronghurst | 6.9 miles | 16 | |
| Shokokon | 7.5 miles | 14 | |
| Heapsville | 8.0 miles | 18 |
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 Terre Haute | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7703338 | 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 419604. 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.







