BlockWalker, Illinois
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1985. It stands in South Macon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62544. The Survey maps it on the Macon West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1952 USGS Assumption quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Macon West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
3,550 words on this townshipHistory of Macon County, Illinois : with Illustrations Descriptive of Its Scenery, and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1880 names this settlement in its chapter on South Macon Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The following are the supervisors from this township: W. D. Hamilton, elected in 1860; L. M- Clement, elected in 1861 ; A. H. Martin, elected in 1862; W. W. Dean, elected in 1863; Frank Babcock, elected in 1864, and re-elected in 1865 ; N. Failing, elected 1866, re-elected 1867 ; Joel T. Walker, elected 1867, and re-elected each succeeding year up to 1872; N. Failing, elected 1873; W. S. Gage, elected 1874, re-elected 1875; R. H. Woodcock, elected 1876, re-elected each succeeding year, and is the present incumbent.
Passage source: History of Macon County, Illinois : with Illustrations Descriptive of Its Scenery, and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1880.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Storms near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Walker in 1 storm report in 2014: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Walker | $25,000 | This tornado crossed from Shelby County into southern Macon County 4.6 southeast of Macon at 3:56 PM CDT. The tornado flattened several areas of corn and soybeans from along Crosson Road northeastward past Walker Road, with the greatest crop damage occurring along East Andrews Street Road between Cornthwaite and Sanner Roads. The tornado continued northeastward, damaging the roof of a barn before dissipating 2 miles west-southwest of Mt. Zion at 4:07 CDT. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macon | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Blue Mound | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Boody | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| Elwin | 7.2 miles | 14 | |
| Blackland | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Bulldog Crossing | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| Turpin | 9.0 miles | 14 | |
| Mount Zion | 9.6 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 423279. 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.
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.