BlockUrsa, Illinois
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Ursa Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62376. It stands on Ursa Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mendon quadrangle.
On record in Ursa
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Ursa Town Halllisted 2002
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1946 USGS Mendon quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Mendon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Mendon quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Keokuk quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Mendon quadrangle1:24000
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 Ursa: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binger Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Marce Number 7 Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ursa in 14 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 7 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ursa | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds destroyed a barn near Ursa. |
| April 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Ursa | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ursa | $2,000 | Adams County emergency management reported winds around 65 mph in Ursa. An awning on a State of Illinois Mobile Command Post, which was park in town to cover the Mississippi River flooding, was ripped off by the wind. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ursa | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree in Ursa and several power poles and lines in Golden. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ursa | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a couple of power lines in town. |
| April 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Ursa | - | A tornado touched down in a wooded area just south of the Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge, west of Ursa. A few limbs and trees were blown down in this location. As it moved to the north northeast it skipped along the path damaging a few trees from time to time before finally lifting and dissipating near Lima. Several power lines were blown down on Highway 96 and a few homes sustained minor damage from the tornado in Lima. |
| August 2001 | Hail | Ursa | - | Storm spotters reported 1 inch hail in Ursa. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Ursa | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Ursa | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Ursa | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Ursa | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Ursa | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Ursa | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ursa | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Creek | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Marcelline | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Mendon | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Bloomfield | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Country Meadows | 6.5 miles | 19 | |
| Ewbanks | 7.1 miles | 19 | |
| Lima | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| North Quincy | 7.3 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 420183. 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.