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Augusta, Illinois

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Augusta Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62311. The Survey maps it on the Augusta quadrangle. 553 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 663 feet above sea level.

Augusta within Hancock County

Population over time

2 figures

Augusta fell from 587 to 553 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
2010587
2020553-34 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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.

In the county-history sources

18,545 words on this township

History of Hancock County, Illinois, Together with an Outline History of the State, and a Digest of State Laws, published 1880 names this settlement in its chapter on Augusta Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Congressional, or surveyed, townsiiip number three north and range number five west of the fourth principal meridian (usually written 3 n. 5 w., or 3-5 for short) is named Augusta, after the handsome and ambitious little cit}' within its borders. The township is about one-third timbered land, the rest prairie; the timber skirting the head watei's of Panther creek in the northwest, Flower creek near the center, and William's creek near the south line. Augusta contains much valuable land and many fine farms. Many of its settlers are farmers of the first class - emigrants from the East and South, who came to the county to make permanent homes for themselves and their families.

Passage source: History of Hancock County, Illinois, Together with an Outline History of the State, and a Digest of State Laws, published 1880.

In July, 1832, during the Bhick Hawk war, Joel Catliu and Wni. D. Abernethy (brothers-in-law) came to " Oliver's Settlement," from Augusta, Georgia, though they were Eastern men. They located where the town of Augusta now stands, and gave the name to the place. Mr. Catlin resided there, an honored and influential citizen for a number of years, then removed to Jacksonville, where we believe he still lives at an advanced age. Mr. Abernethy was afterward Sheriff of the count)', and subsequently went into business in Warsaw, where he died, about 1850, of cholera.

Passage source: History of Hancock County, Illinois, Together with an Outline History of the State, and a Digest of State Laws, published 1880.

Dr. Mead came to Augusta in 1833; his father and brothers still later. He thinks he was, perhaps, the second practicing Physician in the county. Dr. Isaac Galland being before him at Kiverside, while Dr. John F. Charles came a little later to Carthage. See biography of Dr. Mead on a suiisequent page.

Passage source: History of Hancock County, Illinois, Together with an Outline History of the State, and a Digest of State Laws, published 1880.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Augusta Township - it names this place 50 more 50 times.

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Augusta: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Francis Creek Clay Shale ExposureClayProspect

Every working recorded in Hancock County

Storms near this place

32 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Augusta in 32 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 14 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 2011HailAugusta$250,000Golf ball sized hail fell in Augusta, IL at 645 pm June 10.
June 2010Flash FloodAugusta$100,000Heavy rains overnight resulted several reports of building flooding in downtown Augusta, including the post office. An estimated 2 feet of water flooded the post office basement.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindAugusta$40,000Tree limbs down
April 2021Thunderstorm WindAugusta-Local broadcast media reported 4 inch diameter tree branches blown down.
July 2021HailAugusta-A trained spotter reported that heavy rain also fell with the hail.
July 2021Flash FloodAugusta-A trained spotter reported 6 inches of water flowing over the highway. Cars are stranded on the highway and law enforcement was in the process of closing the roadway.
April 2020HailAugusta-Dime to quarter size hail reported.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindAugusta-Tree limbs were blown down. Reported by WGEM TV.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindAugusta-Time was estimated in the report of many large tree branches down.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindAugusta-A trained spotter reported a roof blown off of a metal building in town and poles down in Augusta.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindAugusta-A trained spotter reported a wind gust of 50 to 60 mph.
April 2013HailAugusta-Quarter sized hail fell in Augusta, IL at 340 pm CDT April 17.
April 2013HailAugusta-Quarter sized hail fell at the Post Office in Augusta, IL around 400 pm CDT April 17. This report was relayed by the COOP observer in Augusta.
June 2011HailAugusta-Golf ball sized hail fell in Augusta, IL at 556 pm CDT June 4. The hail covered the ground.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindAugusta-Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew down a large tree in Augusta, IL at 645 pm CDT June 10. This report was relayed to the NWS by the Hancock County Sheriff's Office.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindAugusta-Wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph blew down some trees near Woodland Cemetery about 1 mile south of Augusta, IL around 715 am CDT July 18.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindAugusta-Wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph blew down several large trees and numerous branches in the vicinity of Augusta, IL around 715 am CDT July 18.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindAugusta-Wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph were observed in Augusta, IL around 550 pm CDT August 20. Some small tree limbs were blown down. The observer made the report the morning of August 21.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindAugusta-Wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph were observed in Augusta, IL at 228 pm CDT July 24.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindAugusta-Winds estimated to be 60 to 65 mph blew down several large tree limbs in Augusta, IL. Time estimated.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindAugusta-Winds estimated to be 70 mph blew down some trees in Augusta, IL.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindAugusta-Two large trees, 5 feet in diameter, were blown down. Additional tree damage was also noted in the area.
March 2006HailAugusta-also reported by police/fire; dime size hail
August 2001Heavy RainAugusta-NWS Cooperative observer reported 24 hr rainfall total of 8.00 inches
August 2001FloodAugusta-NWS Cooperative observer reported 6.23 inches of rain since 18:00 CST. Street in Augusta covered by nearly a foot of water.
June 2019HailAugusta-no account filed
May 2019HailAugusta-no account filed
September 2019HailAugusta-no account filed
April 2013HailAugusta-no account filed
August 2003HailAugusta-no account filed
May 1995HailAugusta-no account filed
June 1994HailAugusta-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hancock 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
Pulaski2.0 miles15
Plymouth4.6 miles14
Bowen6.0 miles13
Saint Mary8.1 miles14
Denver9.3 miles14
Chili10.2 miles14
Middle Creek10.7 miles14
Bentley11.7 miles14

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 AugustaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1873355The 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 403726. 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.