BlockGladstone, Illinois
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Gladstone Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61437. It stands on South Henderson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gladstone quadrangle. 234 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 551 feet above sea level.
On record in Gladstone
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 2 records
Lock and Dam No. 18 Historic Districtlisted 2004
South Henderson Church and Cemeterylisted 1976
Population over time
2 figuresGladstone fell from 281 to 234 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 | 281 | |
| 2020 | 234 | -47 (-17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1934 USGS Oquawka quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1934 USGS Oquawka quadrangle1:48000
- 1940 USGS Oquawka quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Gladstone quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 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 Gladstone: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Granite, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biggsville Quarry Cessford Const. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Monmouth Stone Company Quarry | Granite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gladstone in 15 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 5 hail, 5 flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2003 | Hail | Gladstone | $10,000,000 | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Gladstone | $250,000 | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladstone | $4,000 | Trees down west of Gladstone to south of Gladstone |
| July 2024 | Flood | Gladstone | - | The Mississippi River at Gladstone rose above its major flood stage of 14 feet around 5 PM on July 2nd and crested at 16.32 feet on July 12th. The river fell back below major flood stage around 7 PM on July 22nd. |
| April 2023 | Flood | Gladstone | - | The Mississippi River at Gladstone rose above its major flood stage of 14 feet during the early morning hours of April 27th. It continued to rise to 15.6 feet during the evening hours of April 30th. |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladstone | - | Estimated 60 mph winds with extremely heavy rain, leading to loss of power. |
| May 2019 | Flood | Gladstone | - | The Mississippi River at Burlington (BRLI4) began the month above its major flood stage of 18 feet and continued to see major flooding through the end of the month, with only one short period on the 17th, where it dipped back down to near 18 feet. The river stage at the beginning of the month was 20.4 feet. The river would rise to a crest of 23.54 feet on May 3rd. This crest is preliminary the 4th highest crest. The river rose to a even higher crest in early June. |
| September 2018 | Flood | Gladstone | - | Episodes of heavy rainfall of about 5 to 15 inches in a 10 day period in much of northeast Iowa and southwest Wisconsin caused the Mississippi River to rise above major flood stage at Gladstone. The extended duration between the forecast and actual lower end major river flooding allowed preparations to preclude major damage downstream. Gladstone rose above major flood stage of 14.0 feet at 245 PM CST on 9 September. Then crested around 14.23 feet at 930 PM CST on September 11th and fell below 14.0 feet at approximately 130 AM CST on 13 September. |
| October 2010 | Flood | Gladstone | - | The river rose above flood stage at Gladstone LD18 on October 2 at 800 pm cst and fell below flood stage on October 16 at 430 am cst. Moderate flooding occurred with the crest reaching 12.33 feet on October 8 at 500 am cst. Flood stage is 10 feet. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladstone | - | Winds estimated to be 60 mph blew down some tree limbs in Gladstone, IL at 8:52 pm June 8. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Gladstone | - | Water up to 6 inches deep crossed Gladstone Road. |
| April 2001 | Hail | Gladstone | - | Penny sized hail reported by Henderson County Health Department. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladstone | - | Trees downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2009 | Hail | Gladstone | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Gladstone | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Tree | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Oquawka | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Biggsville | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Olena | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Hopper | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Rozetta | 7.4 miles | 17 | |
| Gulfport | 7.5 miles | 18 | |
| Carthage Lake | 7.9 miles | 18 |
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 Gladstone | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2376888 | 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 409047. 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.