BlockVanderville, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Greenwood Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62546. It stands on Cotton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clarksdale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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 Nokomis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Nokomis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Clarksdale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Litchfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Clarksdale quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
4,063 words on this townshipHistory of Christian County, Illinois, published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Greenwood Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Greenwood Township - 4,063 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Vanderville in 2005, 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 | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vanderville in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2026: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanderville | $25,000 | Wind gusts of more than 70 mph did extensive damage to a barn roof. The wind also peeled back siding and shingles to an adjacent house. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanderville | - | A mesonet station measured a 59 mph wind gust near a thunderstorm. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanderville | - | Power lines were blown down on Taylorville Road approximately one mile north of the Christian-Montgomery county line. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarksdale | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Palmer | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Owaneco | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Velma | 7.1 miles | 10 | |
| Millersville | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Rosamond | 7.9 miles | 11 | |
| Morrisonville | 8.4 miles | 13 | |
| Taylorville | 8.5 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 423274. 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.