Hull, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Kinderhook Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62343. The Survey maps it on the Hull quadrangle. 392 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 469 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHull fell from 461 to 392 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 | 461 | |
| 2020 | 392 | -69 (-15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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 Barry quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Barry quadrangle1:48000
- 1936 USGS Barry quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Barry quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Hull quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Hull quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
80 words on this townshipWith The Colors in Pike County, Illinois, published 1920 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Kinderhook Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Kinderhook Township - 80 words.
Fires near this place
21 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Hull between 2008 and 2019, burning about 248 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 369 |
| 10 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 276 |
| 1 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 5012015 |
| 3 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 902992 |
| 29 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 203 |
| 28 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 204 |
| 27 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 199 |
| 1 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 112249 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Hull: 1 plant, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Plant No. 8, Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Kinderhook Pit No. 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hull in 15 storm reports between 2004 and 2023: 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail. 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hull | - | Thunderstorm winds caused widespread tree and power line damage from Hull to Pittsfield to Milton. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hull | - | Thunderstorm winds caused a wide swath of damage across Pike County. In Hull, a large tree was blown down across a road in town. Several trees and tree limbs were blown down just south of Pittsfield and several trees were blown down across a road in Baylis. In Griggsville, several power lines were blown down. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hull | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree across Illinois Route 96 just east of Hull. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hull | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees in Hull. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hull | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree onto Illinois Route 96 about half a mile north of Interstate 72, blocking it for awhile. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hull | - | Storm spotters reported some trees blown down. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hull | - | Several trees, large tree limbs and power lines were blown down in Hull. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hull | - | The County Sheriff reported trees and power lines down east of Hull. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hull | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed several trees in the Hull area. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Hull | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Hull | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Hull | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hull | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Hull | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Hull | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinderhook | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Shinn | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Spencer | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Seehorn | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Aladdin | 6.2 miles | 17 | |
| Munger | 7.0 miles | 19 | |
| Shepherd | 7.4 miles | 17 | |
| New Canton | 7.6 miles | 14 |
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 Hull | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2298464 | 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 410669. 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.








