Crescent City, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Crescent Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60928. The Survey maps it on the Crescent City quadrangle. 552 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 640 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCrescent City fell from 615 to 552 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 | 615 | |
| 2020 | 552 | -63 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1944 USGS Gilman quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Gilman quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Watseka quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Crescent City quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Watseka quadrangle1:100000
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 Crescent City: 2 past producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gray Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Thompson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
29 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crescent City in 29 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 23 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 funnel cloud. 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crescent City | $100,000 | Numerous trees and power poles were blown down along Route 24. A warehouse received extensive damage on one end and a farm building also was slightly damaged. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crescent City | $50,000 | A National Weather Service storm survey team determined that approximately 100 mph straight-line winds toppled around fifty 70-foot high wooden utility poles on the north side of Highway 24. Several of these poles were snapped. In addition, a few large trees were also blown down. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crescent City | $10,000 | Windows were blown out of a house and a car port was destroyed along Highway 24. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crescent City | $1,000 | Utility poles were snapped off east of Crescent City. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crescent City | - | Private weather station KILGILMA8 recorded a 66 mph gust southeast of Gilman. |
| July 2025 | Funnel Cloud | Crescent City | - | Broadcast media relayed a video and photo of a funnel cloud which extended at least halfway to the ground. There was no evidence that the funnel cloud touched the ground. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crescent City | - | A tree was blown down across Rt. 49 just north of Crescent City. |
| July 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Crescent City | - | A photo showed a funnel cloud extending two thirds of the way to the ground. The person who took the photo reported they did not see any signs of a ground circulation. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crescent City | - | A large grain bin was damaged and moved slightly. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crescent City | - | Large trees and utility poles were blown down. A billboard was also damaged. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crescent City | - | Trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down. The worst of the damage was on the southeast side of Crescent City. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crescent City | - | Thirty utility poles were blown down along Route 24 between Crescent City and Watseka. |
| June 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Crescent City | - | A funnel cloud was reported in the vicinity of Crescent City. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Crescent City | - | Extensive crop damage was reported near Crescent City. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crescent City | - | Wind gusts to 84 mph were measured with a hand held anemometer. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crescent City | - | Wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crescent City | - | Trees and tree limbs were blown down across Crescent City. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crescent City | - | A gust to 64 mph was measured. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crescent City | - | Silos were damaged north of town. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crescent City | - | Towers and antennas were bent. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crescent City | - | Thunderstorms blew a car off the road on highway 49. A tool shed was destroyed and a house was damaged south of Cresent City. Trees and power lines were downed in Sheldon. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crescent City | - | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crescent City | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Crescent City | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crescent City | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Crescent City | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crescent City | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crescent City | - | no account filed |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crescent City | - | 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.
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 Crescent City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2671776 | 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 406769. 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.







