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Crainville, Illinois

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Carterville precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62918. The Survey maps it on the Herrin quadrangle. 1,443 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Crainville within Williamson County

Population over time

2 figures

Crainville grew from 1,254 to 1,443 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,254
20201,443+189 (+15%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

100 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Crainville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 519 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 10 were 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/undetermined44
Smoking17
Debris and open burning14
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes3
Natural2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarism14 acresCrab Orchard National Wildlife RefugeGOBPOINT
5 September 1999Smokingunder an acreCrab Orchard National Wildlife RefugeGREENBRIAR
30 September 2019Debris and open burning97 acresCrab Orchard National Wildlife RefugeMONROE
28 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources10217
26 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCrab Orchard National Wildlife RefugePRIMX13611
25 September 1999Smokingunder an acreCrab Orchard National Wildlife RefugePROPELLER2
7 August 2014Naturalunder an acreCrab Orchard National Wildlife RefugeLIGHTNING SNAG 148
3 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources10163

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Williamson County

Storms near this place

8 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crainville in 8 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 5 hail, 2 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2023HailCrainville$10,000,000Giant hail occurred in a swath of Williamson County along Illinois Route 13. The swath of large hail began near the Marion/Williamson County airport, just east and southeast of Crainville. Hail slightly larger than baseballs pounded the area in the immediate vicinity of the Marion/Williamson County Regional Airport. Hail damage was reported to planes at the airport, including broken windows. Numerous vehicles were damaged by hail from quarter size to golf-ball size. Hail damage occurred at the baseball stadium near Interstate 57 at Route 13. There was major damage to multiple vehicles at a car dealership on Route 13 between the Marion airport and the downtown Marion area. The large hail swath continued into the north side of the city of Marion, where hail the size of golf balls occurred.
April 2018Tornado (EF1)Crainville$250,000The tornado touched down in Carterville and tracked east-northeast across Energy to Interstate 57. One to two dozen homes received roof and siding damage. Some of the roof damage was considerable, including loss of the roof decking. One business in Energy sustained major damage, with considerable roof loss and blown out windows. Several barns, sheds, and other structures sustained roof damage. Hundreds of trees were damaged or uprooted. Some downed trees blocked roads. Power poles were snapped. About 400 utility customers lost power throughout the county. The tornado lifted a couple miles northeast of Spillertown, where it was reported by state police. Peak winds were estimated near 105 mph.
February 2017Tornado (EF1)Crainville$6,000This tornado skipped along the path, bringing down large tree limbs from Crab Orchard Lake to Interstate 57 a few miles north of Marion. Most of the tornado track was EF-0, except for an uprooted tree or two west of Interstate 57 near Whiteash. Peak winds were estimated near 95 mph.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindCrainville$4,000Lare tree limbs were blown down at Crab Orchard Campground.
May 2025HailCrainville-Hail estimated at half dollar size fell at WSIL.
April 2024HailCrainville-A storm moving northeastward produced hail estimated at up to quarter size at WSIL-TV.
April 2015HailCrainville-Quarter-size hail occurred near Crab Orchard Lake.
September 2006HailCrainville-Nickel-size hail occurred in a swath from Crainville to Marion. Dime-size hail was reported in Energy and at the intersection of Interstate 57 and Illinois Route 13.

Every storm recorded in Williamson County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Carterville0.7 miles18
Dewmaine2.0 miles18
Eden Park2.3 miles18
Energy2.7 miles18
Fredonia (historical)2.9 miles18
Fredonia3.0 miles18
Cambria3.4 miles18
Sunnyside3.6 miles18

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 CrainvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1904530The 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 406731. 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.

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.