BlockWoodbury, Illinois
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Woodbury Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62445. It stands on Crooked Creek. The Survey maps it on the Woodbury quadrangle. It stands 594 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1953 USGS Teutopolis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Woodbury quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Effingham quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Woodbury quadrangle1:24000
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodbury in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Woodbury | - | A tornado touched down southwest of the point where County Road 900 East crosses Webster Branch about 1 mile south of Woodbury at 6:29 PM CDT. It tracked northeastward just south of US-40 and impacted the community of Jewett where it damaged several roofs and snapped numerous trees and tree branches. The tornado dissipated on the east side of Jewett at 6:33 PM CDT. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Woodbury | - | A narrow band of flash flooding, in south central Cumberland County, occurred during the late afternoon and early evening. Rainfall rates of about 1.50 per hour for nearly two hours resulted in impassable rural roads south of Interstate 70 and west of Illinois Route 130. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Woodbury | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Woodbury | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewett | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Roslyn | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Walla Walla | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Toledo | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Neal | 7.6 miles | 14 | |
| Dees | 7.9 miles | 13 | |
| Liberty Hill | 7.9 miles | 13 | |
| Lillyville | 7.9 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 Woodbury | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8032459 | 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 421421. 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.