Easton, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Sherman Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62633. The Survey maps it on the Easton quadrangle. 312 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 509 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresEaston fell from 321 to 312 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 | 321 | |
| 2020 | 312 | -9 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1933 USGS Petersburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1938 USGS Petersburg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Easton quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Easton between 2009 and 2015, burning about 7 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 October 2015 | Other causes | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | RESIDENCE |
| 2 January 2009 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | BENDER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Easton in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 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 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Easton | $150,000 | A tornado touched down 2.2 miles north-northwest of Easton at 11:52 PM CST. The tornado tracked northeastward, hitting a homestead 2.5 miles north of Easton where a machine shed was severely damaged, with most of its roof removed and part of the north wall bowed out. From here to the end of the track, most of the damage was to power poles or overturned irrigation rigs: however, a farm along County Road 2930E received damage as well. A grain silo had half its peaked roof cave in, and part of a machine shed had a couple smaller wall pieces blown out. The tornado dissipated 5.5 miles southeast of Forest City at 11:57 PM CST. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | $60,000 | Several trees were blown down in Easton. One tree sliced through a mobile home. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | $25,000 | Numerous power lines were blown down in Easton. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | - | Thunderstorm winds blew 2 semi's off the road at the intersection of Routes 136 and 10. Neither of the driver's sustained any injuries. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees. No injuries were reported. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Easton | - | no account filed |
| March 2024 | Hail | Easton | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Easton | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Easton | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Tornado (F1) | Easton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teheran | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Biggs | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Poplar City | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Mason City | 7.9 miles | 14 | |
| Bishop | 8.0 miles | 14 | |
| Peterville | 8.1 miles | 13 | |
| Topeka | 8.2 miles | 14 | |
| Forest City | 9.5 miles | 14 |
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 Easton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2672063 | 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 407717. 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.
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.








