Grandview, Illinois
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Capital Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62702. The Survey maps it on the Springfield East quadrangle. 1,405 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 597 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresGrandview fell from 1,441 to 1,405 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 | 1,441 | |
| 2020 | 1,405 | -36 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1907 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1930 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1940 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Springfield East quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Springfield East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Springfield East quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
9,795 words on this townshipHistory of Sangamon County, Illinois; Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Townships ... Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens. History of Illinois, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Capital Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Capital Township - 9,795 words.
Fires near this place
7 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Grandview between 2010 and 2014, burning about 93 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 14-0000096 |
| 23 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 14-0000093 |
| 21 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 14-0000087 |
| 21 March 2011 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1193 |
| 15 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 14-0000082 |
| 14 October 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 10334 |
| 14 October 2010 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 10333 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Grandview: 5 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poston Brick & Concrete Prod. Clay | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Springfield Clay Prod.Co.Pitclay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Airport Landfill Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Clear Lake Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Sangamon County Highway Department | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Springfield City Eng. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Springfield Pit Solomon Service | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
21 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grandview in 21 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 2 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 2010 | Flash Flood | Grandview | $9,750,000 | A nearly stationary thunderstorm produced around 4.50 inches of rain in 90 minutes over the city of Springfield just before the evening rush hour. The downtown suffered major impacts with extensive flooding of streets and up to 7 feet of water under viaducts. Most streets were impassable, which resulted in more than 200 stranded vehicles. Nearly 650 homes and businesses sustained flood damage. Several people had to be rescued from the their flooded autos, but there were no injuries or fatalities. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grandview | $10,000 | A few trees were blown down across Peoria Road in Springfield. |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Grandview | - | Several roads on the north and west side of Springfield were closed due to high water. A few vehicles stalled out in the water. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grandview | - | Power lines were blown down near Lanphier High School and in the Northgate Subdivision. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grandview | - | Multiple 4-inch diameter tree limbs were broken off. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grandview | - | Tree limbs were blown down. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grandview | - | A 6-inch diameter tree limb was snapped. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grandview | - | A tree was blown onto a roadway. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grandview | - | A power pole was snapped and tents were damaged at the Illinois State Fair. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grandview | - | A partially rotten 36-inch diameter tree was blown over and knocked down power lines. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grandview | - | An 18-inch diameter tree was blown over. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grandview | - | Several large tree branches were blown down on Reservoir Street in Grandview. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Grandview | - | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Grandview | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Grandview | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Hail | Grandview | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Hail | Grandview | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Grandview | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Grandview | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Grandview | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Grandview | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starne | 0.9 miles | 20 | |
| Arlington Heights | 0.9 miles | 20 | |
| Ridgely | 1.3 miles | 19 | |
| East Springfield | 1.3 miles | 19 | |
| Springfield | 1.7 miles | 19 | |
| Devereux Heights | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| Streadle | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Clear Lake | 2.7 miles | 20 |
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 Grandview | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q941019 | 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 409275. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.








