BlockHumboldt, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Humboldt Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61931. The Survey maps it on the Humboldt quadrangle. 361 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 657 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHumboldt fell from 437 to 361 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 | 437 | |
| 2020 | 361 | -76 (-17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1935 USGS Arcola quadrangle1:48000
- 1935 USGS Arcola quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1940 USGS Arcola quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Humboldt quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Humboldt quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
1,514 words on this townshipThe History of Coles County, Illinois ... Map of Coles County; History of Illinois ... History of Northwest ... Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, &c., &c, published 1879 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Humboldt Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Humboldt Township - 1,514 words.
Storms near this place
15 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Humboldt in 15 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 hail, 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humboldt | $15,000 | A semi truck was blown over on I-57 at mile marker 195. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humboldt | - | A few tree branches were snapped. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humboldt | - | Power poles were blown down. |
| April 2021 | Tornado (EFU) | Humboldt | - | A very weak tornado briefly touched down in a field northwest of Humboldt at 7:36 PM CDT. The tornado quickly dissipated before causing any damage. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humboldt | - | A falling tree pulled a power line down on Southside Drive. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humboldt | - | A tree was blown onto a power line. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Humboldt | - | Slow moving thunderstorms produced 2.50 inches of rain in one hour across a small part of northern Coles County. Many roads were impassable, including a 3 mile stretch of I-57 for a short time, between the county line and the town of Humboldt. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humboldt | - | Several tree limbs were blown down. |
| April 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Humboldt | - | A tornado touched down in an open field, one mile south of Humboldt. It was sighted, photographed, and videotaped from 3 separate locations. It crossed I-57, and damaged an outbuilding 1/4 mile east of I-57. The tornado continued east across an open field for 1.5 miles. It damaged 2 outbuildings near the intersection of county roads 1000E and 1400N. The tornado moved east-southeast across open fields, until it dissipated. |
| April 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Humboldt | - | A tornado briefly touched down in a field. No damage or injuries were reported. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humboldt | - | Several trees were blown over. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humboldt | - | Several trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down. One tree fell onto a house causing minor damage. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humboldt | - | A grain bin was blown off its foundation and onto a truck, causing minor damage in Humboldt. In Matton, the thunderstorm winds damaged several large commercial signs, it blew down power poles and lines, and caused minor damage to the roof of one business. No damage estimate was available. |
| August 2004 | Hail | Humboldt | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Humboldt | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorans | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Cooks Mills | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Loxa | 7.9 miles | 14 | |
| Fairgrange | 8.0 miles | 16 | |
| Mattoon | 8.8 miles | 14 | |
| Country Club Estates | 9.3 miles | 14 | |
| Lipsey | 9.4 miles | 14 | |
| Bushton | 9.6 miles | 16 |
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 Humboldt | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2672200 | 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 424441. 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.