BlockTroster, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Bellflower Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61724. The Survey maps it on the Foosland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1928 USGS Gibson City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Gibson City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Foosland quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Champaign quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Troster in 1 storm report in 2023: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2023 | Tornado (EF1) | Troster | - | A tornado touched down just southwest of a farmstead about 3 miles southeast of Bellflower at 5:38 PM CST. The tornado moved northeastward, destroying a farm outbuilding and splattering dirt and grass on the east-facing side of a house. Debris from the outbuilding was blown northeast for about one quarter of a mile. The homeowner watched the tornado cross North 4100 East Road southwest of their property. The tornado dissipated 3 miles east-southeast of Bellflower at 5:42 PM CST. |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122549760 | 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 423253. 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.