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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.

Crescent City within Iroquois County

Population over time

2 figures

Crescent 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.

YearPeople Change
2010615
2020552-63 (-10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gray PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Thompson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Iroquois County

Storms near this place

29 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2014Thunderstorm WindCrescent City$100,000Numerous 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 2012Thunderstorm WindCrescent City$50,000A 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 2006Thunderstorm WindCrescent City$10,000Windows were blown out of a house and a car port was destroyed along Highway 24.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindCrescent City$1,000Utility poles were snapped off east of Crescent City.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindCrescent City-Private weather station KILGILMA8 recorded a 66 mph gust southeast of Gilman.
July 2025Funnel CloudCrescent 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 2024Thunderstorm WindCrescent City-A tree was blown down across Rt. 49 just north of Crescent City.
July 2024Funnel CloudCrescent 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 2020Thunderstorm WindCrescent City-A large grain bin was damaged and moved slightly.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindCrescent City-Large trees and utility poles were blown down. A billboard was also damaged.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindCrescent City-Trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down. The worst of the damage was on the southeast side of Crescent City.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindCrescent City-Thirty utility poles were blown down along Route 24 between Crescent City and Watseka.
June 2019Funnel CloudCrescent City-A funnel cloud was reported in the vicinity of Crescent City.
June 2014HailCrescent City-Extensive crop damage was reported near Crescent City.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindCrescent City-Wind gusts to 84 mph were measured with a hand held anemometer.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindCrescent City-Wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCrescent City-Trees and tree limbs were blown down across Crescent City.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindCrescent City-A gust to 64 mph was measured.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindCrescent City-Silos were damaged north of town.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindCrescent City-Towers and antennas were bent.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindCrescent 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 2026Thunderstorm WindCrescent City-no account filed
April 2026Thunderstorm WindCrescent City-no account filed
June 2024HailCrescent City-no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindCrescent City-no account filed
June 2015HailCrescent City-no account filed
August 2009Thunderstorm WindCrescent City-no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindCrescent City-no account filed
November 1998Thunderstorm WindCrescent City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Iroquois 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
Leonard3.3 miles12
Watseka6.5 miles11
Coaler6.9 miles12
Gilman7.1 miles12
Danforth7.2 miles12
Woodworth7.6 miles12
Woodland7.8 miles12
Schwer8.4 miles12

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 CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2671776The 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.