Chadwick, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Fairhaven Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61014. The Survey maps it on the Mount Carroll quadrangle. 481 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 801 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresChadwick fell from 551 to 481 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 | 551 | |
| 2020 | 481 | -70 (-13%) |
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.
- 1942 USGS Mt Carroll quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Mt Carroll quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Mt. Carroll quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mt. Carroll quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
950 words on this townshipThe History of Carroll County, Illinois, Containing a History of the County-its Cities, Towns, Etc., a Biographical Directory ... War Record ... Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men ... History of the Northwest ... Illinois ... Miscellaneous Matters, Etc, published 1878 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Fairhaven Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Fairhaven Township - 950 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Chadwick in 2010, burning about 3 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 May 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | BNSF |
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Chadwick: 2 past producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jones Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Sorenson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chadwick in 17 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chadwick | $1,000,000 | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Chadwick | $5,000 | Local law enforcement reported a guard rail was washed out on Route 40 near Chadwick. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Chadwick | $4,000 | Hailed continously for 10 to 15 minutes with hail of all sizes. |
| March 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chadwick | $1,500 | Trees down on IL 78 between Argo and Vinegar Hill Roads. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chadwick | - | County dispatch reported tree fell on a squad car in town of Chadwick. Time estimated by radar. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Chadwick | - | Law enforcement reports that Otter Creek is out of its banks over Telegraph Road, near the intersection with Elm Road. Also 2 bridges north of Highway 52, near Lanark are also about to be covered by water from Saddle Creek. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Chadwick | - | A trained spotter reported hail up to the size of 1 inch in diameter. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chadwick | - | Numerous trees were blown down in town from downburst winds. Time was estimated from radar data. The initial report came from social media. |
| August 2011 | Heavy Rain | Chadwick | - | Rain fell over a 40 minute period. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chadwick | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph were observed in Chadwick, IL at 222 pm CDT August 20. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chadwick | - | Law enforcement reported power lines down near Chadwick. |
| July 2010 | Flood | Chadwick | - | Heavy rains resulted in Rock Creek about 2 miles west of Milledgeville, IL to flow over the road during the afternoon of July 24. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chadwick | - | Winds estimated to be 65 mph blew down several six inch diameter tree branches just north of Chadwick, IL at 10:10 am June 8. Power outages were also reported in the area. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chadwick | - | Numerous branches were downed. Time is estimated based on radar. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chadwick | - | Numerous trees blown down. |
| August 2002 | Lightning | Chadwick | - | Several reports of lightning damage and fires. Lightning struck a large phone box in Mt. Carroll. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Chadwick | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daggett (historical) | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Fair Haven | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Ashdale Junction | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Ideal | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Argo Fay | 6.7 miles | 21 | |
| Lanark | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Milledgeville | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| Mount Carroll | 7.3 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 Chadwick | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2620201 | 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 405920. 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.








