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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.

Alsey within Scott County

Population over time

2 figures

Alsey 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.

YearPeople Change
2010227
2020195-32 (-14%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Little Sandy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Shafer Clay PitClayPast Producer
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Scott Highway DepartmentStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Scott County

Storms near this place

15 since 2002

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2008HailAlsey$85,000Hail to golf ball size caused damage to the Alsey Brick Factory. Numerous vehicles and homes also sustained hail damage.
August 2009Tornado (EF1)Alsey$75,000The 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 2008Thunderstorm WindAlsey$55,000Power lines were blown down and six to eight houses sustained wind damage. Numerous trees and tree branches were blown down as well.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindAlsey$12,000A large tree was blown down onto a house and a car. Also, windows were blown out at the Alsey Brick Factory.
September 2008Flash FloodAlsey-Alsey Smith Road in Alsey was closed due to high water.
June 2008Tornado (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 2006Tornado (F1)Alsey-Tornado entered Scott county from Green county (WFO Saint Louis), and continued northeast into Morgan county.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindAlsey-Power poles blown down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindAlsey-Several tree limbs blown down.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindAlsey-A large tree was blown down onto a power line.
June 2002Flash FloodAlsey-One foot of water was flowing over Illinois Route 106 two miles south of Alsey due to heavy rains.
February 2017HailAlsey-no account filed
March 2016HailAlsey-no account filed
October 2004Thunderstorm WindAlsey-no account filed
December 2002Thunderstorm WindAlsey-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Scott 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
Glasgow2.5 miles12
Winchester4.9 miles12
Manchester5.5 miles12
Bridgeport (historical)8.1 miles12
Bloomfield9.0 miles13
Riggston9.3 miles12
Merritt10.7 miles12
Exeter11.5 miles12

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 AlseyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2363915The 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.