BlockCoalton, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Nokomis Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62075. The Survey maps it on the Nokomis quadrangle. 317 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 662 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCoalton grew from 304 to 317 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 | 304 | |
| 2020 | 317 | +13 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Nokomis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Nokomis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Nokomis quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Litchfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Nokomis quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Coalton: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Ill. Stone Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Msc Yard #15. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Nokomis Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Tri-City Christian Quarry No. 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Tri-County Stone Company Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coalton in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2017: 2 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 2017 | Flash Flood | Coalton | - | Between 3 and 6 inches of rain fell over a 3 day period causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including Illinois Route 127 in numerous locations. |
| June 2016 | Flash Flood | Coalton | - | Up to four inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Several roads were flooded, including Illinois Route 16 on the northeast side of Nokomis. Two to three feet of water covered the roadway in this location. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coalton | - | Numerous trees were damaged in and around Nokomis. |
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.
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 Coalton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2413469 | 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 406308. 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.