BlockHomer, Illinois
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1987. It stands in South Homer Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61849. The Survey maps it on the Homer quadrangle. 1,073 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 676 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHomer fell from 1,193 to 1,073 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 | 1,193 | |
| 2020 | 1,073 | -120 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1931 USGS Fithian quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Fithian quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Fithian quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1968 USGS Homer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Danville quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Danville quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Homer in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Homer | 1 hurt | Thunderstorm winds blew over a semi on Hwy 49 near Homer. The driver sustained minor injuries. Also, numerous trees were blown down at Homer Lake. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Homer | $55,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down on 1000N between Homer and Sidney. Power lines were blown down on the 100 block of West St. in Homer. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Homer | $30,000 | A shed was destroyed by strong winds. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Homer | - | A tree was blown down onto a house, causing damage to the roof. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Homer | - | Tree damage was reported northwest of Homer. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Homer | - | Two flag poles blown down. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Homer | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Homer | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Road | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Tipton | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| Rutherford | 5.1 miles | 19 | |
| Ogden | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Sidney | 6.1 miles | 19 | |
| Glover | 6.3 miles | 19 | |
| Pauline | 6.9 miles | 20 | |
| Saint Joseph | 6.9 miles | 19 |
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 Homer | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q617339 | 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 410459. 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.