BlockBroughton, Illinois
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Mayberry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62817. The Survey maps it on the Broughton quadrangle. 185 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 377 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBroughton fell from 194 to 185 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 | 194 | |
| 2020 | 185 | -9 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 17 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.
- 1905 USGS Eldorado quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Eldorado quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Broughton quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Eldorado quadrangle1:62500
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Broughton in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broughton | $10,000 | Several trees were blown down by a thunderstorm line moving through Broughton and Dale. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broughton | $8,000 | Tree and shed damage was reported. A window air conditioning unit was blown out. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broughton | $2,000 | A couple of trees were blown down. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broughton | $1,000 | A tree was down. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Broughton | - | Several roads in the Broughton area were flooded. Water was at least a foot deep over Illinois Route 142. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Broughton | - | This hail was reported near the community of Gossett, off U.S. Highway 45 near the White County line. |
| December 2013 | Flood | Broughton | - | Highway 142 was closed due to flooding near Broughton. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rectorville (historical) | 0.9 miles | 17 | |
| Dale | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Walpole | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| Nipper Corner | 7.2 miles | 9 | |
| Olga | 7.2 miles | 19 | |
| University | 7.8 miles | 19 | |
| Tuckers Corners | 8.1 miles | 19 | |
| Jamestown (historical) | 8.6 miles | 9 |
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 Broughton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2221863 | 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 404929. 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.
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.