Irving, Illinois
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Irving Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62051. The Survey maps it on the Hillsboro quadrangle. 373 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 654 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresIrving fell from 495 to 373 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 | 495 | |
| 2020 | 373 | -122 (-25%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1947 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Litchfield quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Irving between 2001 and 2005, burning about 56 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 15 April 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 15 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 23 March 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 16 March 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 20 February 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Irving: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Irving in 16 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 7 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irving | - | Thunderstorm winds caused sporadic damage from Hillsboro northeastward to the Shelby/Montgomery/Christian county line. Municipalities include Irving, where a power pole was downed near McCords Trail and IL 16 along the Union Pacific railroad, Witt, Coalton, Nokomis, and Ohlman. |
| March 2026 | Tornado (EF1) | Irving | - | A tornado touched down near Irving Road and North 17th Ave where it blew over a farm auger and lofted debris nearly a half mile to the southwest. The tornado then hit Witt directly where it lofted a carport and damaged multiple roofs and trees in town. The tornado tracked along State Route 16 into Coalton where it nearly completely removed the roof of a mobile home. From there, it turned nearly due north and entered the northwest portion of Nokomis. Although most of the damage done was to trees, the tornado did blow over an outdoor football scoreboard and ripped off portions of the local high school's roof. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irving | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous tree limbs in Witt. One home sustained minor shingle damage. |
| March 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Irving | - | A tornado formed on east side of Irving and moved northeast. The bulk of the damage was EF0 with downed large tree limbs and partial removal of metal covering of farm outbuildings. A couple of grain bins, empty, were tossed into fields about 100 to 200 yards, on North 16th Avenue, just west of Witt Trail. One home east of Witt had the chimney blown off. A barn at the same location was pushed such that it ended up leaning about 6 inches off center. The tornado lifted and dissipated on Hillside Avenue about a quarter of a mile east of the intersection with East 22nd Road. Overall, the tornado was rated EF1 with a path length of 7.17 miles and a max path width of 100 yards. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Irving | - | Up to three inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Several roads were flooded including Illinois Route 16 between Irving and Witt. Also, several viaducts were flooded as well. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irving | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large tree limbs on the north side of Irving. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Irving | - | Lots of large hail fell over town, so of the hail stones were up to softball size. A few cars had their windows broken on them. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irving | - | The Irving Police reported 60 mph wind gusts. |
| May 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Irving | - | The Illinois State Police reported a brief tornado touchdown. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Irving | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Irving | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Irving | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Irving | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Irving | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irving | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Irving | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schram City | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Witt | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Hillsboro Heights | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Hillsboro | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Fairmont Place | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Butler | 6.9 miles | 12 | |
| Taylor Springs | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Coalton | 7.6 miles | 12 |
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 Irving | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2268738 | 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 410929. 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.





