BlockCamden, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Camden Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62319. It stands on Little Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Camden quadrangle. 62 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 600 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCamden fell from 86 to 62 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 | 86 | |
| 2020 | 62 | -24 (-28%) |
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.
- 1946 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Camden quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
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 Camden: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damon Quarry No. 11 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Camden in 16 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Camden | 2 hurt, $1,000,000 | As thunderstorms moved through Schuyler county, they destroyed several barns and grain bins in Camden. A Camden couple sustained injuries after being struck by a tree limb while they were standing in their yard watching the storm pass. Numerous windows were blown out in Rushville and a roof was torn off of a recycling plant 5 miles east of Rushville. The winds caused the rear wall of one business to collapse and another lost its roof in Rushville. Also, numerous cars at two dealerships were damaged, 2 satellite dishes and communications antennas were torn off the roof of a radio station and a storage building was demolished. In total, approximately $1 million dollars worth of damage was sustained in Schuyler county. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Camden | $20,000 | Several large tree limbs were blown down. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Camden | $500 | Large tree limbs were blown down. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Camden | - | Trees were blown down near intersection of Camden Road and Daly Lane. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Camden | - | The wind gust was estimated by an emergency manager. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Camden | - | Several large tree limbs and construction signs were blown down. Power was knocked out in Camden and Brooklyn. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Camden | - | Several tree limbs blown down. |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Camden | - | Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off of a shed, blew over a light pole and numerous large tree limbs in Camden. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Camden | - | Several large tree limbs were blown down. A couple of the limbs fell onto power lines, pulling them down as well. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Camden | - | A large tree was blown down onto IL Route 99, 3 miles north of Camden. |
| June 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Camden | - | A tornado briefly touched down in a field just outside of Camden. No injuries or damage were reported. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Camden | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Camden | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Camden | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Camden | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Camden | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erwin | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Mindale | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Wayland | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Brooklyn | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Huntsville | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Scotts Mill | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Hale Ridge (historical) | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Birmingham | 8.1 miles | 14 |
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 Camden | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q304812 | 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 405422. 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.