BlockGilman, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Douglas Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60938. The Survey maps it on the Gilman quadrangle. 1,738 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 650 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresGilman fell from 1,814 to 1,738 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 | 1,814 | |
| 2020 | 1,738 | -76 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1944 USGS Gilman quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Gilman quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Watseka quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Gilman quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Watseka quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
16 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gilman in 16 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gilman | $700,000 | Two miles of high tension power lines and 31 utility poles were blown down along Interstate 57 near mile marker 284. Interstate 57 was closed for several hours. Corn fields were also flattened. |
| January 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gilman | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gilman | $2,000 | Light poles were blown down near Interstate 57 and Route 24. |
| June 2021 | Funnel Cloud | Gilman | - | A photo of a funnel cloud near Gilman was shared on social media. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gilman | - | A large tree limb was snapped off a tree. |
| June 2019 | Tornado (EFU) | Gilman | - | Several photos showed a landspout tornado east southeast of Gilman. No damage was reported. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gilman | - | A large tree was snapped. |
| March 2007 | Flood | Gilman | - | Street and basement flooding reported in Gilman. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gilman | - | A radio station meteorologist reported 60 to 65 mph winds. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gilman | - | Thunderstorm winds downed power lines and snapped a power pole east of Gilman on highway 24. A small tornado touched down briefly. An abandoned cinder block car wash building was moved from its foundation and the roof was damaged. Several metal storage buildings were damaged, one landed on a car. Tree limbs and power lines were knocked down. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Gilman | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Gilman | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Gilman | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Gilman | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Gilman | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Gilman | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onarga | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Leonard | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Danforth | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| La Hogue | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Ridgeville | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Delrey | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| Crescent City | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Ashkum | 8.1 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 Gilman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q575335 | 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 409026. 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.