BlockTrimble, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lamotte Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62454. The Survey maps it on the Hutsonville quadrangle. It stands 492 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Hutsonville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Hutsonville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Terre Haute quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
364 words on this townshipILLINOIS HISTORICAL CRAWFORD COUNTY, published 1909 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Lamotte Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Lamotte Township - 364 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Trimble: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robinson City Eng. Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Crawford S & G East Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Crawford S & G South Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lawrence Gravel #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Turner Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trimble in 3 storm reports between 1994 and 2020: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trimble | $50,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down and a barn was damaged about two miles east of Trimble. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Trimble | $50 | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Trimble | - | Water was flowing across Route 1 at Gordon Junction. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hutsonville | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Gordon | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Robinson | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Palestine | 5.6 miles | 20 | |
| Porterville | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| West York | 7.5 miles | 14 | |
| Duncanville | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| New Hebron | 8.4 miles | 13 |
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 Trimble | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7842141 | 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 419842. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, 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.