BlockWeston, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 2001. It stands in Yates Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61726. The Survey maps it on the Fairbury quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1957 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Fairbury quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Fairbury quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 2001 USGS Fairbury quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Weston: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairbury | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mc Dowell Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Mcdowell Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Wagner Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Western Stone Div. Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Weston Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Weston in 4 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weston | - | A personal weather station measured a 71 mph wind gust 2 miles south of Weston. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Weston | - | Periods of heavy rainfall produced rain rates of 1 to 2.5 inches for at least two hours from 0630-0830 LST in extreme northeast McLean County. This resulted in the flash flooding of numerous rural roads around the town of Weston. Parts of U.S. Highway 24 from Chenoa to Fairbury were impassable during the morning and early afternoon. |
| July 2014 | Flood | Weston | - | Periods of heavy rainfall produced rain rates of 1 to 2.5 inches for at least two hours from 0630-0830 LST in extreme northeast McLean County. This resulted in the flash flooding of numerous rural roads around the town of Weston. Parts of U.S. Highway 24 from Chenoa to Fairbury were impassable during the morning and early afternoon. Periods of additional rainfall in the early afternoon caused roads to remain closed into the late evening hours. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weston | - | Thunderstorm winds damaged a garage, destroyed a large storage shed, and blew down several large trees and tree limbs in the Weston area. No damage estimate was available. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chenoa | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Meadows | 9.7 miles | 14 | |
| Lexington | 11.2 miles | 14 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 11.4 miles | 11 | |
| Timber Ridge | 12.2 miles | 14 | |
| Cropsey | 12.2 miles | 14 | |
| Colfax | 12.4 miles | 11 | |
| Anchor | 13.2 miles | 11 |
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 Weston | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7989363 | 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 420966. 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.