BlockEldorado, Illinois
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1987. It stands in East Eldorado Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62930. The Survey maps it on the Eldorado quadrangle. 3,743 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 390 feet above sea level.
On record in Eldorado
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Eldorado City Halllisted 1995
Population over time
2 figuresEldorado fell from 4,122 to 3,743 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 | 4,122 | |
| 2020 | 3,743 | -379 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 17 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.
- 1905 USGS Eldorado quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Eldorado 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
- 1963 USGS Eldorado quadrangle1:62500
- 1963 USGS Eldorado quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
23 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eldorado in 23 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | $200,000 | Damage was reported between Raleigh and Eldorado. Two mobile homes were destroyed. The steeple of a church was blown off in Eldorado. A large tree fell onto a car. An outbuilding was destroyed, and a large tree fell on the corner of a house. Several houses lost pieces of roofing. A carport was lifted and blown onto a van. An oil-filled tank overturned and spilled oil. About 30 homes and businesses reported roof damage across the county, and another 30 were suspected of not reporting or not detecting damage. Downed trees and power lines were reported along Hilltop Road and U.S. 45. Widespread tree damage occurred throughout the county. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | $100,000 | A 100-year-old oak tree was uprooted, taking power and phone lines down. The tree roots damaged a water main, causing water levels in the town's water tower to drop sharply. Numerous streets were blocked by downed trees and limbs around town. Four power poles were broken by downed trees. In downtown Eldorado, hundreds of roofing shingles littered the streets. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | $50,000 | At least five large trees were blown down. One house was damaged by a large tree that fell on it. Tree limbs fell on streets and other city property. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | $25,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. Minor roof damage occurred to some homes. The roof was blown off a metal structure. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | $5,000 | One tree fell on a power line and knocked out power near the city limits of Eldorado. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Eldorado | $5,000 | Flooding was reported on almost every street in town. In downtown Eldorado, floodwaters were two to three feet deep in places. Floodwaters entered at least one business, but no major damage was reported. Rainfall was estimated around one inch within 30 minutes. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | $5,000 | Tree limbs fell on power lines. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | $3,000 | Power lines were blown down. |
| February 2025 | Hail | Eldorado | - | A report of hail up to 0.75 in diameter was reported via MPING. |
| March 2023 | Flash Flood | Eldorado | - | Water was over roads in town. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Eldorado | - | Intermittent quarter-size hail fell near Eldorado Reservoir. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Eldorado | - | Heavy pea to penny-size hail was reported. |
| April 2010 | Heavy Rain | Eldorado | - | Standing water was over State Route 142 at a couple of locations just south of Eldorado. There was a major vehicle accident at one of the locations. Several roadways in eastern Saline County were under water. |
| July 2009 | Heavy Rain | Eldorado | - | Water was over two main roads, including Highway 142. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | - | Trees and large limbs were down in several residents' yards. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | - | A trained spotter estimated wind gusts to 60 MPH at the intersection of U.S. Highway 45 and Route 142. Several tree limbs were blown down, including at least one very large one. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saline City | 0.7 miles | 17 | |
| Beulah Heights | 0.9 miles | 17 | |
| Wasson | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Red Bud (historical) | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Cottage Grove | 4.8 miles | 22 | |
| Texas City | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Raleigh | 5.1 miles | 19 | |
| Muddy | 5.3 miles | 19 |
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 Eldorado | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q575401 | 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 407845. 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.
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.