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Allendale, Illinois

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wabash precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62410. The Survey maps it on the Saint Francisville quadrangle. 458 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 492 feet above sea level.

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Allendale within Wabash County

Population over time

2 figures

Allendale fell from 475 to 458 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.

YearPeople Change
2010475
2020458-17 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

1 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Allendale in 2013, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
1 December 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources1319511

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wabash County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Allendale: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Allendale Gravel Co. Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Allendale Gravel Co. Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wabash County

Storms near this place

23 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Allendale in 23 storm reports between 1997 and 2021: 6 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 4 flood, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2011Thunderstorm WindAllendale$50,000On the east side of Route 1, there were swaths of wind damage caused by apparent microbursts. An unattached garage was demolished. A grain bin was destroyed. A house roof sustained considerable shingle loss. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted.
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Allendale$50,000A mobile home was rolled. Numerous large and mature trees were snapped and uprooted. Power poles were down. Siding was blown off a house. The well-defined path extended through dense cedar and pine groves, where nearly every tree was snapped or uprooted. A back porch was blown off. Peak winds were estimated around 110 mph.
October 2011LightningAllendale$50,000Lightning was the suspected cause of a water main break. The lightning hit a fire hydrant on the east side of Allendale, after which water main breaks were found in three places nearby. A boil-water order was issued for locations east of Highway 1. Lightning also struck the fire station in Allendale, damaging wires and radios.
February 2019FloodAllendale$30,000Moderate flooding occurred on the Wabash River. At the Mt. Carmel river gage, the river crested at 28.38 feet on the 15th. Flood stage is 19 feet. There was considerable inundation of low-lying woodlands and fields. Around Mount Carmel, most roads outside the floodwall along the river were impassable. Cattle and farm equipment were moved to higher ground. Some mobile homes had to be moved, and the city of Mount Carmel had to install flood gates.
May 2011FloodAllendale$30,000no account filed
May 1998Tornado (F0)Allendale$20,000A cold air funnel briefly touched ground in northeast Wabash County. Along the quarter-mile long damage path, a trailer was moved, and several small trees were broken.
January 2016FloodAllendale$10,000Moderate flooding of the Wabash River continued into January. At the Mt. Carmel river gage, the river crested at 29.1 feet on the 6th. Flood stage there is 19 feet. This flood was similar to the flood of March, 2008, when the river crested at 29.72 feet. Some residents along South Division Street in the Mt. Carmel area and in the Keensburg area were evacuated. Several local roads were flooded, some by several feet of water. These included South Division Street, CR 1280 E, and three township roads south of Illinois 1 near Keensburg. Extensive flooding occurred on the northern outskirts of Mount Carmel. Numerous local river roads were flooded. High water backed up into Bon Pas Creek. Installation of flood gates at Mount Carmel was necessary. Access to local camp sites was blocked, but there was minimal impact to commercial activities because of gate closure. Fifth Street that parallels the river was closed. Twin Restaurant along the river also closed. All oil field production ceased with the exception of pumping units on substructures. Access to these was by boat only.
October 2010Tornado (EF1)Allendale$8,000Several large trees and tree limbs were down along the intermittent damage path. A tree was down on a house. Shingles were blown off a couple of houses. The tornado was in a very rural area. Peak winds were estimated at 90 mph.
February 1997Thunderstorm WindAllendale$6,000no account filed
May 2018Thunderstorm WindAllendale$5,000A tree fell on a house.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindAllendale$5,000Branches and a couple of trees were blown down. Some fell on power lines.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindAllendale$1,000A microburst about 30 yards in width and less than a half mile in length broke several large tree limbs. This damage was about 100 yards south of the EF-1 tornado.
July 2019Flash FloodAllendale-Illinois Route 1 was flooded.
June 2018Flash FloodAllendale-A portion of Route 1 was closed near Allendale due to rapid water flow over the roadway. Rapid water flow across a rural secondary road in northwest Wabash County caused the closure of that road as well. South of the flooding, an automated rain gage reporting site in Mt. Carmel measured 6.12 inches in 6 hours.
June 2011HailAllendale-The hail lasted three minutes.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindAllendale-Trees were down near the Edwards County line along Route 1.
June 1997FloodAllendale-Radar estimated close to 3 inches of rain per hour in northwest Wabash County. Water was over many roads.
June 2021Funnel CloudAllendale-no account filed
June 2018HailAllendale-no account filed
July 2012HailAllendale-no account filed
July 2012HailAllendale-no account filed
April 2005HailAllendale-no account filed
May 2004HailAllendale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wabash County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Adams Corner1.9 miles18
Orio4.1 miles13
Patton4.1 miles20
Friendsville5.9 miles13
Pohaten (historical)6.5 miles24
Selma (historical)7.2 miles24
Cherry Hill Estates7.3 miles20
Odgen8.1 miles20

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 AllendaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1832188The 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 403432. 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.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

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.