BlockFieldon, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Richwood Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62031. The Survey maps it on the Otterville quadrangle. 176 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 692 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFieldon fell from 239 to 176 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 | 239 | |
| 2020 | 176 | -63 (-26%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1930 USGS Jerseyville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1933 USGS Jerseyville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Otterville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Jerseyville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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 Fieldon: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sievers Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Valstad Quarry No. 3 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fieldon in 14 storm reports between 2003 and 2024: 7 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2003 | Flash Flood | Fieldon | 1 killed | Heavy rain caused flash flooding in parts of north Jersey County. A 79 year old man was swept off a bridge and killed in his truck when he tried to cross a flooded Sugar Creek. |
| March 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Fieldon | - | A tornado touched down 2.8 miles southeast of Fieldon, on Richey Hollow Road, snapping off several large tree branches. As it moved to the southeast it crossed County Road 1100N. In this area numerous trees and tree limbs were snapped off. Also, an open sided barn had the majority of its roof ripped off and a large barn had around a quarter of its roof ripped off and thrown east into a nearby field. Before it crossed Beaty Mound Road it snapped off several large trees as well as numerous tree limbs. A nearby house sustained minor shingle damage. As it crossed Lodi Road it snapped off several more trees and tree limbs and began to move in a more easterly direction. As it crossed Illinois Route 109, around 3.8 miles south of Jerseyville, it snapped off a few more trees. Before lifting and dissipating 4 miles south southeast of Jerseyville, it caused a very old open sided barn to lean and minor damage to a large machine shed and roof of a chicken coop. Overall, the tornado was rated EF0 with a path length of 8.65 miles and a max path width of 100 yards. No deaths or injuries were reported. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fieldon | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree across Illinois Route 16 just east northeast of Fieldon. |
| August 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Fieldon | - | A tornado touched down just north of Illinois Route 16 between St. Marys Road and Washington School Road. As it travelled to the north northwest it caused some minor crop damage. It then hit a residence and caused minor damage. Several trees around the house were snapped off. The tornado continued to the north northwest for a little bit more before lifting and dissipating. The damage was rated EF-0. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Fieldon | - | Storm spotters reported 3/4 inch hail south of Fieldon. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fieldon | - | A large tree was uprooted and blocked Route 16 west of Fieldon. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Fieldon | - | The County Sheriff reported golfball size hail. |
| November 2005 | Hail | Fieldon | - | Amateur radio spotters reported nickel size hail. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fieldon | - | The Sheriff Department reported trees down on Highway 16. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Fieldon | - | Storm spotters reported 1 inch hail. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Fieldon | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Fieldon | - | no account filed |
| February 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fieldon | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Fieldon | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat Spring | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Nutwood | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Reardon | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Reddish | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Rosedale | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Spankey | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Otterville | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Jerseyville | 9.0 miles | 12 |
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 Fieldon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2672396 | 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 408359. 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.