Caledonia, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Caledonia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61011. The Survey maps it on the Caledonia quadrangle. 183 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 932 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCaledonia fell from 197 to 183 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 | 197 | |
| 2020 | 183 | -14 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1918 USGS Belvidere quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Belvidere quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Caledonia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Caledonia quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Caledonia: 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grover Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Porter Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cooling Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Genestra Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| H. Webster Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Peterson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Porter Bros. Swanson Road Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Caledonia in 14 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caledonia | $20,000 | Several large trees fell onto three homes in Candlewick Lake Subdivision near Poplar Grove. A large tree fell down blocking Route 173 in Poplar Grove. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caledonia | $5,000 | Roof shingles were ripped off near Route 173 and Caledonia Road. |
| March 2023 | Tornado (EF1) | Caledonia | - | This tornado touched down southwest of the village of Caledonia moving through mostly farmland along its northeastward track. The storm destroyed numerous outbuildings, heavily damaged a silo, and caused a grain bin to collapse. In the Candlewick Lake neighborhood southeast of Caledonia, a few homes sustained roof and siding damage. Several trees were also damaged. The tornado then crossed into the village of Sharon in southwestern Walworth County, Wisconsin. The storm would go on for nearly another four miles mostly doing damage to barns and trees before lifting near Town Hall Rd and Chilson Rd. |
| August 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Caledonia | - | A tornado touched down in southeast Winnebago County and moved northeast crossing into Boone County along Argyle Road. This tornado produced mainly tree damage in Boone County including tree limbs blown down in Caledonia. The tornado ended on the east side of Caledonia, south of Route 173. |
| June 2018 | Flood | Caledonia | - | Approximately 6 inches of standing water was reported on Route 173 east of Wyman School Road. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caledonia | - | Numerous trees and wires were blown down across northern portions of Boone County near Poplar Grove. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caledonia | - | Trees were blown down. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caledonia | - | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caledonia | - | Tree limbs up to a foot in diameter were blown down. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Caledonia | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Caledonia | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Caledonia | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caledonia | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caledonia | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Caledonia (historical) | 0.0 miles | 14 | |
| Candlewick Lake | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Timberlane | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Poplar Grove | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Hunter | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Beaverton Crossroads | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Russellville | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Blaine | 7.1 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 Caledonia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1112046 | 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 405349. 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.








