Alsey, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Alsey precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62610. The Survey maps it on the Alsey quadrangle. 195 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 630 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAlsey fell from 227 to 195 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 | 227 | |
| 2020 | 195 | -32 (-14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1924 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1924 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:48000
- 1926 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Alsey quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Meredosia quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Meredosia quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Alsey: 5 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Sandy Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Shafer Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Scott Highway Department | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alsey in 15 storm reports between 2002 and 2017: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 3 hail, 2 flash flood. 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 2008 | Hail | Alsey | $85,000 | Hail to golf ball size caused damage to the Alsey Brick Factory. Numerous vehicles and homes also sustained hail damage. |
| August 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Alsey | $75,000 | The tornado first touched down in the National Weather Service St. Louis County Warning Area (CWA) in Greene County about 3.5 miles southeast of Alsey at 110 PM CST. The tornado crossed into Scott County at 114 PM CST, then continued northeastward and crossed into Morgan County at 123 PM CST, eventually lifting in western Morgan County 3.5 miles southwest of Franklin at 135 PM CST. Severe damage occurred to a mobile home north of Manchester and widespread tree and crop damage occurred along the path of the tornado. The total length of the tornado from Greene County across Scott and Morgan counties was 18 miles. |
| December 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alsey | $55,000 | Power lines were blown down and six to eight houses sustained wind damage. Numerous trees and tree branches were blown down as well. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alsey | $12,000 | A large tree was blown down onto a house and a car. Also, windows were blown out at the Alsey Brick Factory. |
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Alsey | - | Alsey Smith Road in Alsey was closed due to high water. |
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Alsey | - | A tornado touched down just east of the town of Alsey, then tracked east-northeast across a rural area. No damage was reported. |
| March 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Alsey | - | Tornado entered Scott county from Green county (WFO Saint Louis), and continued northeast into Morgan county. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alsey | - | Power poles blown down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alsey | - | Several tree limbs blown down. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alsey | - | A large tree was blown down onto a power line. |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Alsey | - | One foot of water was flowing over Illinois Route 106 two miles south of Alsey due to heavy rains. |
| February 2017 | Hail | Alsey | - | no account filed |
| March 2016 | Hail | Alsey | - | no account filed |
| October 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alsey | - | no account filed |
| December 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alsey | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Winchester | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Manchester | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Bridgeport (historical) | 8.1 miles | 12 | |
| Bloomfield | 9.0 miles | 13 | |
| Riggston | 9.3 miles | 12 | |
| Merritt | 10.7 miles | 12 | |
| Exeter | 11.5 miles | 12 |
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 Alsey | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2363915 | 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 403459. 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.







