BlockUnion Center, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62420. The Survey maps it on the Union Center quadrangle. It stands 617 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1933 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Union Center quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Effingham quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Union Center quadrangle1:24000
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 Union Center: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| C&H Gravel East Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| C&H Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| East Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Greenup Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Union Center in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2022: 2 flood, 1 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Union Center | - | Numerous large tree branches were blown down and porch chairs were tossed throughout a yard. |
| May 2017 | Flood | Union Center | - | Rain amounts of 4.00 to 5.00 inches in about a two hour period during the evening hours, on already saturated ground, resulted in flash flooding across Cumberland County. Several streets in Neoga and Greenup were impassable. Numerous rural roads and highways were inundated, particularly along U.S. Highway 40 near the Clark County line. An additional 0.50 to 1.00 inch of rain occurred on April 30th into May 1st, keeping many roads flooded. As a result, areal flooding continued until the early morning hours of May 4th, before another round of heavy rain produced additional flash flooding. |
| April 2017 | Flood | Union Center | - | Rain amounts of 4.00 to 5.00 inches in about a two hour period during the evening hours, on already saturated ground, resulted in flash flooding across Cumberland County. Several streets in Neoga and Greenup were impassable. Numerous rural roads and highways were inundated, particularly along U.S. Highway 40 near the Clark County line. An additional 0.50 to 1.00 inch of rain occurred on April 30th into May 1st, keeping many roads flooded. As a result, areal flooding continued until the early morning hours of May 4th, before another round of heavy rain produced additional flash flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Point | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Timothy | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Vevay Park | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Greenup | 7.3 miles | 13 | |
| Bradbury | 8.6 miles | 12 | |
| Dees | 8.6 miles | 13 | |
| Janesville | 9.1 miles | 12 | |
| Hazel Dell | 9.3 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 Union Center | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7885469 | 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 420036. 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.