BlockEdgington, Illinois
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Edgington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61284. The Survey maps it on the Montpelier quadrangle. 391 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 781 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1916 USGS Edgington quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1938 USGS Edgington quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Edgington quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Montpelier quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Aledo quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Aledo quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Montpelier quadrangle1:24000
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 Edgington: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Salt, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cargill Salt Terminal Sa | Salt | Producer | ||
| Davenport Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edgington in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 4 tornado, 1 hail. 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 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Edgington | - | This brief EF0 tornado developed with a short-lived rotation area moving near due north south of Edgington. Some sections of trees were snapped. |
| June 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Edgington | - | This tornado developed southwest of Edgington and crossed Illinois 192, doing heavy damage to three large empty grain bins and destroying an outbuilding. At the beginning of the path a well constructed farm outbuilding was destroyed. This tornado likely had winds of 105 to 110 mph at this site. Damage was done to trees all the way into Milan. This circulation was absorbed into the Coyne Center tornado. |
| June 2015 | Tornado (EF2) | Edgington | - | Several homes were heavily damaged with roofs torn off along with several detached garages destroyed. Large tree trunks were snapped and trees uprooted. Peak winds of 120 mph were associated with this tornado. |
| December 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Edgington | - | An EF-0 tornado with estimated peak winds of 75 mph, began in rural Mercer County Illinois and was on the ground for 1.2 miles before continuing into Rock Island County for another 9.4 miles. The tornado snapped 6 to 10 inch tree branches along its path. There was no structural damage visible along the tornado track. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Edgington | - | Quarter sized hail fell 4 miles south southwest of Andalusia, IL at 848 pm CDT April 3. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andalusia | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Taylor Ridge | 5.1 miles | 19 | |
| Buffalo Prairie | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Reynolds | 6.3 miles | 18 | |
| Illinois City | 7.2 miles | 15 | |
| Castle Junction | 9.9 miles | 23 | |
| Oak Grove | 10.4 miles | 23 | |
| Coyne Center | 10.9 miles | 23 |
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 Edgington | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5337949 | 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 426951. 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.