Beverly, Illinois
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Beverly Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62347. The Survey maps it on the Fishhook quadrangle. 72 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 830 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1926 USGS Mt Sterling quadrangle1:62500
- 1929 USGS Mt Sterling quadrangle1:62500
- 1929 USGS Mt. Sterling quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Fishhook quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Meredosia quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Meredosia quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Beverly between 2009 and 2015, burning about 56 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 July 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | KLINE |
| 4 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | READIN |
| 7 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | BOONE |
| 31 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 3312015 |
| 28 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 3282015 |
| 23 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 3232015 |
| 20 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 32020152 |
| 20 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 32020151 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Beverly: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hadley Plant No. 22 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beverly in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 4 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beverly | - | Thunderstorm winds produced a swath of tree and structural damage extending from Pleasant Hill northeast through Pittsfield, Griggsville, and beyond. Other municipalities within that line include Martinsburg and Chambersburg. In Pleasant Hill, winds peeled portions of the roof from the local high school, threw the roof of an outbuilding a block away, and caused major tree damage. In Pittsfield, a power pole was snapped off on the 200 block of North Illinois Street. Several trees were downed here. Griggsville incurred more structural damage, with a home sustained roof damage, part of a metal roof torn from an outbuilding, power poles snapped, and a large carport structure collapsed onto a combine to the northeast of town. |
| July 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Beverly | - | A brief EF-0 tornado occurred near Bingham causing damage to a few farm outbuildings and crops. Video evidence confirmed the tornado. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Beverly | - | Up to 5 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including U.S. Highway 24 at the Paloma viaduct and Illinois Route 94 south of Golden. Some of the secondary roads were washed out. A couple of cars were stuck in the flooded viaducts, but no injuries were reported. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Beverly | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Beverly | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Beverly | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Beverly | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Beverly | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Chestline | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Richfield | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Spring Valley | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| Liberty | 8.6 miles | 11 | |
| Kellerville | 10.0 miles | 11 | |
| Plainville | 10.3 miles | 11 | |
| Adams | 12.1 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 Beverly | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4080427 | 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 404356. 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.







