Coffeen, Illinois
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1998. It stands in East Fork Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62017. It stands on McDavid Branch. The Survey maps it on the Coffeen quadrangle. 647 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 627 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCoffeen fell from 685 to 647 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 | 685 | |
| 2020 | 647 | -38 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1947 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Coffeen quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Litchfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Coffeenn quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Coffeen in 2005, burning about 1 acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 March 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Coffeen: 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fork Creek Shale Exposure | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
17 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coffeen in 17 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coffeen | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and caused minor damage to a machine shed in Coffeen. Also, several power lines around town in Fillmore. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coffeen | $8,300 | A cooperative observer reported large trees down, a damaged grain bin, and a damaged siloh near Walshville. Power lines and road signs were blown down near Coffeen. Large trees were also toppled, one of which fell and heavily damaged a mobile home and nearby house. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coffeen | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree south of Coffeen. This tree blocked a road. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coffeen | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees along County Road 1600E north of Coffeen. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coffeen | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and power lines in Coffeen. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Coffeen | - | Storm spotters reported 1 inch hail in Coffeen. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coffeen | - | The County Sheriff reported trees down blocking Highway 185. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coffeen | - | Local law enforcement reported large tree limbs and a power pole down from wind gusts. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coffeen | - | Storm spotters reported damage at a power plant south of Coffeen. A couple of trees were blown down and the tin roof of a parking garage was blown off . |
| June 1995 | Hail | Coffeen | - | The Illinois State Police reported dime to nickel-size hail. One large tree was also blown over. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Coffeen | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Coffeen | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Coffeen | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Coffeen | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coffeen | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Coffeen | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coffeen | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapman | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Taylor Springs | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Donnellson | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Fillmore | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Schram City | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Hillsboro Heights | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Van Burensburg | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Fairmont Place | 7.4 miles | 10 |
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 Coffeen | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q575706 | 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 406327. 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.






