BlockWoodford, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Minonk Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61760. The Survey maps it on the Benson quadrangle. It stands 722 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1955 USGS Minonk quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Benson quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1995 USGS Benson quadrangle1:24000
Storms near this place
3 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodford in 3 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodford | $5,000 | Roofing material was stripped off a building and a nearby cornfield was flattened 3 miles east of Benson near mile marker 23 on I-39. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodford | - | Numerous trees were damage and multiple highway signs were blown down along I-39. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodford | - | A downburst flattened a large cornfield near Woodford. No crop 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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q8032635 | 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 423331. 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.