BlockGolden Gate, Illinois
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Leech Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62843. It stands on White Oak Slough. The Survey maps it on the Golden Gate quadrangle. 65 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 397 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresGolden Gate fell from 68 to 65 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 | 68 | |
| 2020 | 65 | -3 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1943 USGS Albion quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Albion quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Golden Gate quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Golden Gate: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Golden Gate in 7 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Golden Gate | $25,000 | Approximately 30 trees were downed just southeast of the community of Golden Gate on County Road 650N. Additional damage in that same vicinity included part of a shed roof and an outdoor plastic playhouse. The path length of the microburst was one-third of a mile, and the width was 400 yards. Peak winds were estimated near 85 mph based on drone footage of the damage. |
| December 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Golden Gate | $10,000 | Maximum winds were estimated near 95 mph. A few trees were uprooted, and several trees or tree branches were snapped. Roofs were damaged on a home and a barn. The roof damage on the house was minor to moderate, consisting of partial loss of shingles. The track was through open farmland. The tornado path continued into Edwards County. |
| November 2013 | Tornado (EF1) | Golden Gate | $10,000 | This tornado began in extreme eastern Wayne County about one mile from the Edwards County line. The peak intensity rating in Wayne County was EF-1, but the tornado strengthened to EF-2 in Edwards County. In Wayne County, damage was mainly to trees, many of which were snapped or uprooted. The tornado moved into Edwards County. This tornado was spawned by the same supercell that produced the EF-2 tornado that tracked from Sims to Fairfield in Wayne County. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Golden Gate | $3,000 | Several trees were uprooted, and tree branches were blown off. The storm was accompanied by small hail. |
| July 2013 | Flood | Golden Gate | - | The Little Wabash River flooded parts of Wayne County Route 3 in several locations. A trained spotter reported that the depth and speed of the current on both sides of the Little Wabash River bridge could wash vehicles from the bridge approaches. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Golden Gate | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Golden Gate | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scottsville | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Ellery | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Klines Corner | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Merriam | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Toms Prairie | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| New Massillon (historical) | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Fairfield | 8.4 miles | 8 | |
| Hubbard | 8.5 miles | 8 |
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 Golden Gate | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2671935 | 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 409121. 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.