BlockZearing, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Berlin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61337. The Survey maps it on the Malden quadrangle. It stands 738 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1893 USGS Hennepin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Hennepin quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS Hennepin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Malden quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Kewanee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
5 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Zearing in 5 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 2 tornado, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zearing | $50,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 80 mph toppled a corn crib and blew down several tree limbs 5 miles west northwest of Ladd, IL at 551 pm June 23. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Zearing | $50,000 | no account filed |
| March 2025 | Funnel Cloud | Zearing | - | A video of a funnel aloft was received. |
| August 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Zearing | - | EF1 tornado begun in a corn field causing damage to crops. As the tornado moved to the east the tornado caused damage to four farmsteads. EF1 damage was found at the first and second farmstead where trees were snapped and three sheds were completely destroyed. Another ten structures were damaged at the other farmsteads. Damage continued east mainly to soybean and corn fields. As the tornado approached Arlington, another farmstead was hit. A well built farm outbuilding was destroyed. Damage to the siding of the house at this location was found as well. The tornado then begun to occlude, shrink in size and turn northeast through a cemetery. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Zearing | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malden | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Dover | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Arlington | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Greenoak | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Cherry | 5.7 miles | 19 | |
| Hollowayville | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Seatonville | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Coal Hollow | 6.0 miles | 13 |
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 Zearing | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8068207 | 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 421610. 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.