Dover, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Berlin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61356. The Survey maps it on the Princeton North quadrangle. 135 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 741 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresDover fell from 168 to 135 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 | 168 | |
| 2020 | 135 | -33 (-20%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1893 USGS Hennepin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Hennepin quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS Hennepin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Princeton North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Kewanee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Dover in 2008, burning under an 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 October 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2208 |
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 Dover: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obcrhaus Pit & Portable Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Underwood Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dover in 10 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | $100,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 80 mph blew a 3 foot diameter tree down across county road 2400E 1 mile north of Route 34 north of Dover, IL around 629 pm June 19. In addition, a farmstead sustained damage to trees, the residence, and a machine shed. Near the intersection of 2075N and 2400E a garage was destroyed and a porch and some sheds had their roofs ripped off. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | $2,000 | Trees down in town. Time estimated based on radar. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | A tree blown down was reported to be blocking Highway 26. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | Several pine trees snapped off above the ground, with numerous small to large limbs blown down. Survey confirms this straight line wind damage was caused by the rear flank downdraft. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | Hardwood tree branched were snapped off as reported by NWS storm survey. This straight line wind damage was causes by the rear flank downdraft of the severe thunderstorm. |
| April 2001 | Hail | Dover | - | Penny sized hail reported by trained storm spotter. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | Large branches and trees down. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Dover | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malden | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Greenoak | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Zearing | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Coal Hollow | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Limerick | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Kasbeer | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Princeton | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Hollowayville | 7.1 miles | 13 |
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 Dover | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2671211 | 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 407361. 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.






