BlockTrowbridge, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Big Spring Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62447. It stands on Copperas Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stewardson East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1947 USGS Stewardson quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Stewardson quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Stewardson East quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Effingham quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Stewardson East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Trowbridge between 2010 and 2014, burning about 63 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 May 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1027 |
| 25 May 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 10035 |
| 21 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1024 |
| 24 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1114 |
| 22 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 14006 |
| 21 October 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1089 |
| 16 October 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1086 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trowbridge in 6 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trowbridge | - | Several large trees were blown down or completely uprooted by a suspected thunderstorm microburst. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Trowbridge | - | Water was flowing across Route 45 southwest of Neoga. |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Trowbridge | - | Thunderstorms during the late evening hours produced 2.00 to 3.00 of rain on extremely saturated ground and areas which already experienced flash flooding during the previous week. This resulted in rapid flash flooding of creeks and roads in extreme southeast Shelby County. Nearly all rural roads were impassable. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Trowbridge | - | Slow moving thunderstorms produced 3.00 to 7.00 inches of rain in extreme southeast Shelby County. Most rural roads were severely flooded, and U.S. Highway 45 was closed. |
| July 2011 | Flood | Trowbridge | - | Floodwaters from flash flooding during the late evening of July 29th took several hours to recede from roads in southeast Shelby County. Most rural roads and U.S. Highway 45 were finally reopened to traffic around daybreak on July 30th. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trowbridge | - | Several trees were blown down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingman | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Sexson Corner | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Herborn | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Sigel | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| South Strasburg | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Strasburg | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Stewardson | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Windsor | 9.9 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 419896. 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.