BlockZenith, Illinois
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Orchard Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62899. It stands on Gum Branch. The Survey maps it on the Johnsonville quadrangle. It stands 489 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Xenia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Johnsonville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Olney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Zenith: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speaks Clay Exposure Shale | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
7 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Zenith in 7 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1996 | Hail | Zenith | $700,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zenith | $110,000 | A swath of straight line winds of 75 to 85 mph began about 6 miles northwest of Johnsonville, IL and extended east northeast into the town of Rinard. Most of the damage in this swath included uprooted trees, as well as trees or large tree branches snapped. There were some homes that were damaged due to trees falling on them. Several power lines and poles were also broken because of fallen trees. A localized downburst occurred within this area of straight line winds on the south end of Brush Creek Campground, just west northwest of Sam Dale Lake. Winds of around 100 mph caused a small swath of several dozen snapped pine trees. A few buildings on the campground were also damaged. The wind damage swath is estimated at 11.5 miles in length and 1.7 miles in width. Additional wind damage was also reported in other parts of the county with this line of storms, but it was much more sporadic. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zenith | $30,000 | Widespread damaging winds occurred across western parts of the county, mainly west of Fairfield. A wind gust to 75 mph was measured by a personal weather station at Wayne City. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zenith | $5,000 | Windows were blown out of homes in Zenith. Several farm buildings were destroyed one mile north of Cisne. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zenith | - | A stop sign was bent over by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Zenith | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Zenith | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orchardville | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Johnsonville | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Blue Point | 7.1 miles | 10 | |
| Crisp | 7.7 miles | 9 | |
| Round Prairie | 7.7 miles | 9 | |
| Rinard | 8.5 miles | 10 | |
| Cisne | 10.1 miles | 10 | |
| Keenesville | 10.2 miles | 9 |
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 Zenith | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8069100 | 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 421614. 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.