BlockUrbandale, Illinois
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Cache precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62914. It stands on Cottonwood Slough. The Survey maps it on the Cairo quadrangle. It stands 312 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 27 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.
- 1931 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1933 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Urbandale between 2003 and 2012, burning under an acre 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 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 April 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ACROSS DIS |
| 5 February 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Urbandale: 1 past producer, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mound City Dredge & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Mound City Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Urbandale in 11 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 6 flood, 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2016 | Flood | Urbandale | $400,000 | Major flooding of the Ohio River continued into January. At the Cairo river gage, the river crested at 56.14 feet on the 4th. This flood was very similar to the flood of March, 1997, when the crest was 56.2 feet. Flood stage there is 40 feet. The bridge connecting Cairo with Wickliffe, KY was closed due to floodwater over the bridge approach on the Kentucky side. The bridge, which carries U.S. Highway 51/60/62 over the Ohio River, was closed for about one week. Most of the flood gates were installed at Cairo. Areas not protected by the levee and floodwall system were inundated. Since the crop season was not underway, agricultural losses were insignificant. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Urbandale | $5,000 | A co-operative observer reported several trees down over power lines. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Urbandale | - | Hail measured to quarter size was reported via mPING. The time was adjusted based on radar imagery. |
| May 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Urbandale | - | The funnel cloud was reported north of Cairo along Interstate 57. |
| May 2009 | Flood | Urbandale | - | Moderate flooding of the Ohio River occurred. At the Cairo gage, where flood stage is 40 feet, the river crested at 51.06 feet on the 13th. Agricultural bottomland and low-lying areas were flooded. The first flood gate was closed at Cairo. Much of Fort Defiance Park at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers was flooded. |
| April 2009 | Flood | Urbandale | - | At the Cairo river gage, the Ohio River crested at 40.10 feet on the 7th. This was just inches above the flood stage of 40 feet. Minor flooding occurred, affecting low-lying bottomland fields. |
| April 2009 | Flood | Urbandale | - | At the Cairo river gage, the Ohio River crested at 40.00 feet. This was exactly at the flood stage of 40 feet. Minor flooding occurred, affecting low-lying bottomland fields. |
| April 2009 | Flood | Urbandale | - | At the Cairo river gage, the Ohio River crested at 40.85 feet on the 16th. This was just inches above the flood stage of 40 feet. Minor flooding occurred, affecting low-lying bottomland fields. |
| February 2020 | Flood | Urbandale | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Urbandale | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Urbandale | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cairo Junction | 0.9 miles | 27 | |
| Golden Lily | 1.6 miles | 27 | |
| Future City | 1.7 miles | 27 | |
| Klondike | 2.5 miles | 27 | |
| Elmwood Place | 2.5 miles | 27 | |
| Cairo | 3.3 miles | 27 | |
| Cache | 5.2 miles | 21 | |
| Roth | 7.2 miles | 21 |
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 Urbandale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7900214 | 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 425592. 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.
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.