BlockDongola, Illinois
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Dongola District 2 precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62926. It stands on Crooked Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dongola quadrangle. 661 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 397 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresDongola fell from 726 to 661 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 | 726 | |
| 2020 | 661 | -65 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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.
- 1920 USGS Dongola quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1923 USGS Dongola quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Dongola quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1996 USGS Dongola quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Dongola between 2010 and 2020, burning about 4 acres 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 20004 |
| 8 November 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge | DONGOLA |
| 19 November 2020 | Other causes | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | NIMMO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dongola: 1 plant, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Jonesboro Quarry & Plant #4 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dongola in 13 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 8 injuries. 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 2002 | Tornado (F3) | Dongola | 1 killed, 8 hurt, $5,000,000 | The tornado first touched down in very hilly terrain in the Shawnee National Forest and then tracked east, crossing Route 127 just north of Mill Creek. The tornado then directly struck the community of Dongola, where most of the damage and casualties occurred. A 69-year-old woman was killed as she was attempting to flee her mobile home. The woman had just gotten into her car, started the engine, and turned the lights on when the tornado struck. She was blown away from the car and found dead under a structure across the road from where the vehicle was parked and still running. Elsewhere in the Dongola area, a train was blown off the tracks. Several wood houses were demolished, and seven double-wide trailers were destroyed. Approximately 75 homes were damaged. A recreational vehicle was tossed across Lake Dongola and impaled into the ground. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dongola | $100,000 | Three residences were damaged. One of the residences was a mobile home that was moved two feet off its foundation. The home was tied down, which prevented it from rolling. The frame of a neighboring mobile home was bent, its windows were blown out, and the porch was destroyed. Shingles and siding were blown off a house. A large garage sustained extensive damage, mainly to the roof. An outbuilding was blown over. A barn and a shed were destroyed. A calf was killed inside the barn. An antenna tower was blown over. A satellite dish was blown onto a vehicle. Many large trees, power lines, and a power pole were down. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dongola | $40,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. A couple of homes were damaged. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dongola | $30,000 | Several trees were snapped, and some power lines were down. Some roof damage also occurred. |
| March 2006 | Flash Flood | Dongola | $30,000 | U.S. Highway 51 was closed in several locations due to water over the road. Water rose over other low-lying roads. A number of washouts occurred on roads throughout the county. Creeks were swollen. Two observers in Anna measured between 4 and 5 inches of rain for the calendar day. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dongola | $15,000 | A large poplar tree was blown down on a car. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dongola | $10,000 | Downdraft winds blew down trees around Dongola with other trees reported downed throughout the county. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Dongola | $5,000 | Flash flooding of roads was reported in southeast Union County. A couple of cars were stranded. One car was stranded on U.S. Highway 51 in the Balcom area. Another car was stranded east of Dongola near the Johnson County line. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dongola | $5,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Dongola | - | Road flooding was reported in Dongola at Ash Street and Highway 51. Traffic was diverted. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dongola | - | Several trees were blown down near U.S. Highway 51. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dongola | - | Several trees were blown down near U.S. Highway 51. |
| August 2001 | Hail | Dongola | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balcom | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Mill Creek | 4.8 miles | 24 | |
| Springville | 5.5 miles | 24 | |
| Dutch Mills | 6.8 miles | 24 | |
| Moscow | 6.9 miles | 18 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 7.9 miles | 18 | |
| Anna | 8.1 miles | 19 | |
| Jonesboro | 8.3 miles | 24 |
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 Dongola | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2200873 | 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 407304. 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.