East Moline, Illinois
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in South Moline Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61244. The Survey maps it on the Silvis quadrangle. 21,374 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 577 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresEast Moline grew from 21,302 to 21,374 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 | 21,302 | |
| 2020 | 21,374 | +72 (+0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1892 USGS Leclaire quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Leclaire quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1899 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:125000
- 1899 USGS Cordova quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Silvis quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Silvis quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Silvis quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of East Moline between 2006 and 2008, burning about 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | POLE |
| 22 March 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of East Moline: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bettendorf Stone Co. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Moline in 14 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Moline | $3,000 | Police car and another vehicle were damaged when a large sign was blown onto the vehicles. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Moline | $2,000 | trees down |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Moline | - | A public report of a 2 inch tree limb knocked down by thunderstorm wind. The time of the event was estimated using radar. |
| July 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | East Moline | - | Nearly continuous damage was surveyed consistent with a tornado producing 85-100 mph winds. In Davenport, Iowa, damage occurred to dozens of large trees, including several large healthy snapped trees. Some trees fell on homes and at least one on a car. A large section of an apartment roof was also torn off. Damage in Scott County Iowa was rated EF1 with maximum winds around 100 mph. The tornado crossed the Mississippi River and moved into Rock Island County Illinois along River Drive in East Moline, around 18:28 CST. The tornado snapped some tree trunks before dissipating around 18:32 CST. The tornado was also rated EF-1 in Rock Island County, with maximum winds around 90 mph. |
| March 2019 | Flood | East Moline | - | Heavy rain and snow melting across the region caused the Mississippi River to rise above its major flood stage on March 23rd and remain above the major flood stage through the end of the month. An initial crest of 18.50 feet occurred late in the day on the 24th. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Moline | - | A public report via social media of a large tree branches down. The time of the event was estimated using radar. |
| May 2019 | Flood | East Moline | - | The Mississippi River at Rock Island Lock and Dam 15 began the month above its major flood stage of 18 feet. The river stage at the beginning of the month was 21.10 feet. The river would rise to a crest of 22.70 feet at 450 PM CST on May 3rd. This crest is a new all time highest crest for the Mississippi River at Rock Island. This broke the old record of 22.63 feet that had previously occurred on July 9, 1993. The river fell below major flood stage around noon on May 12th. |
| June 1998 | Hail | East Moline | - | Severe thunderstorms resulted in numerous reports of hail across Nothern Rock Island County. Hail sizes ranged from three quarters of an inch in Silvis to one and three fourth inches in East Moline. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Moline | - | Numerous reports of large tree limb damage. |
| April 1998 | Hail | East Moline | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | East Moline | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | East Moline | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | East Moline | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | East Moline | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silvis | 1.7 miles | 21 | |
| Glendale (historical) | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Carbon Cliff | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Poplar Grove | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Babcock | 3.2 miles | 21 | |
| Bridgeway Addition | 3.7 miles | 23 | |
| Moline | 3.8 miles | 20 | |
| Hampton | 4.2 miles | 21 |
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 East Moline | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q578055 | 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 407677. 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.










