BlockTipton, Illinois
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1990. It stands in St. Joseph Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61873. The Survey maps it on the Saint Joseph quadrangle. It stands 676 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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.
- 1906 USGS Urbana quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1957 USGS Urbana quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS St. Joseph quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Champaign quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
In the county-history sources
962 words on this townshipEarly History and Pioneers of Champaign County : Illustrated by One Hundred and Fifteen Superb Engravings by Melville : Containing Biographical Sketches of the Early Settlers, the Early History of the County Obtained from the Most Reliable Sources and Many Graphic Scenes and Incidents from the Bright and Shady Sides of Pioneer Life, published 1891 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on St. Joseph Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on St. Joseph Township - 962 words.
Storms near this place
3 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tipton in 3 storm reports between 2018 and 2023: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tipton | $120,000 | Twenty power poles were snapped off and corn crops were blown over near the intersection of 1475N and 2300E just south of St. Joseph. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tipton | - | Numerous trees were blown down near Homer Lake. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Tipton | - | A tornado touched down about 1.3 miles southwest of St. Joseph at 11:35 PM CDT May 25th. The tornado crossed Salt Fork and damaged trees along County Road 2200 East before dissipating 1 mile south of St. Joseph at 11:37 PM CDT. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Joseph | 2.9 miles | 19 | |
| Glover | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Rutherford | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Sidney | 3.7 miles | 19 | |
| State Road | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Fulls | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Pauline | 4.3 miles | 20 | |
| Homer | 4.7 miles | 15 |
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 Tipton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14688128 | 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 423244. 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.