BlockAlbers, Illinois
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Looking Glass Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62215. It stands on Lake Branch. The Survey maps it on the Breese quadrangle. 1,121 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 440 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAlbers fell from 1,190 to 1,121 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,190 | |
| 2020 | 1,121 | -69 (-6%) |
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.
- 1906 USGS Breese quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Breese quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Breese quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Carlyle Lake 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 Albers: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Memphis Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Albers in 11 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albers | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large tree limbs around town. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albers | $300 | Large trees were blown down along Highway 161. Reported by a local newspaper. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albers | - | Thunderstorm winds downed multiple trees near Albers. |
| November 2005 | Hail | Albers | - | Storm spotters reported 1 inch hail. |
| July 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Albers | - | A small tornado formed on the west side of Albers and moved northeast to the north side of town. Numerous large trees were severely damaged from 1/4 mile west of the intersection of Jaycee Drive and Dwight Street through Albers Jaycee Park. Damage was rated F1 in this area. The tornado caused additional damage at another park east of the intersection of North Franklin and Apple Drive on the northern part of town. A few homes east of the park sustained minor siding and window damage. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Albers | - | Storm spotters reported nickel size hail just south of Albers. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albers | - | The County Sheriff reported trees and power lines down in Albers. |
| September 2012 | Hail | Albers | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albers | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albers | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albers | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Damiansville | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Germantown | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Aviston | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| New Baden | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| New Memphis | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Trenton | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Breese | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| New Memphis Station | 6.8 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 Albers | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2671564 | 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 403378. 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.