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Island Grove, Illinois

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62467. The Survey maps it on the Wheeler quadrangle. It stands 620 feet above sea level.

Island Grove within Jasper County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Storms near this place

18 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Island Grove in 18 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 11 flash flood, 4 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2008Flash FloodIsland Grove$150,000Portions of IL Route 33 closed due to high water. Multiple basements flooded and some bridges washed out around Jasper County.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindIsland Grove$55,000Several trees and power poles were blown down near Island Grove.
June 2013Flash FloodIsland Grove$40,000Slow moving thunderstorms, which produced 3.00 to 4.00 inches of rain on already saturated ground from the late evening of May 31st through the night, resulted in flash flooding across all of Jasper County which continued into the early afternoon of June 1st. The flash flooding made many rural roads impassable, and flooded numerous streets in the city of Newton. A mobile home near the town of Wheeler was evacuated due to high water entering the home during the early morning of June 1st.
April 2025Tornado (EF1)Island Grove-This tornado crossed from Effingham County into northwest Jasper County north of the intersection of North 2400th Street and East 1600th Avenue at 6:27 PM CDT. The tornado continued northeastward and eventually dissipated in a wooded area northwest of the intersection of North 375th Street and East 2160th Avenue where it damaged several trees at 6:29 PM CDT.
June 2018Flash FloodIsland Grove-Heavy rain of 1.50 to 5.00 inches, falling onto already saturated ground, resulted in flash flooding in northern Jasper County from the late evening of June 11th into the early morning of June 12th. The heaviest rain and most significant flooding was in extreme northeast Jasper County from Yale to the Crawford County line. Much of the flooding subsided just after 4:00 am CDT.
May 2017Flash FloodIsland Grove-Heavy rainfall of 1.50 to 2.50 inches during the early morning hours of May 4th, on already saturated ground, resulted in flash flooding across most of Jasper County. Officials reported that most roads were impassable and numerous creeks rapidly flooded.
May 2017FloodIsland Grove-Heavy rainfall of 1.50 to 2.50 inches during the early morning hours of May 4th, on already saturated ground, resulted in flash flooding across most of Jasper County. Officials reported that most roads were impassable and numerous creeks rapidly flooded. Additional rainfall around 1.00 inch later in the day May 4th into May 5th caused creeks and roads to stay flooded for nearly 48 hours. Flood waters subsided by the afternoon on May 6th.
May 2017FloodIsland Grove-Rain amounts of 3.00 to 5.00 inches in about a two hour period during the evening hours, on already saturated ground, resulted in flash flooding across much of Jasper County. Several streets in the city of Newton were impassable. Numerous rural roads, highways and creeks in the county were flooded, particularly from Newton to Hunt City to Yale. Illinois Route 49 was closed between Willow Hill and Hunt City due to flowing water. An additional 0.50 to 1.00 inch of rain occurred on April 30th into May 2nd, keeping many roads flooded. As a result, areal flooding continued until the early morning hours of May 4th, before another round of heavy rain produced additional flash flooding.
April 2017Flash FloodIsland Grove-Rain amounts of 3.00 to 5.00 inches in about a two hour period during the evening hours, on already saturated ground, resulted in flash flooding across much of Jasper County. Several streets in the city of Newton were impassable. Numerous rural roads, highways and creeks in the county were flooded, particularly from Newton to Hunt City to Yale. Illinois Route 49 was closed between Willow Hill and Hunt City due to flowing water.
April 2017FloodIsland Grove-Rain amounts of 3.00 to 5.00 inches in about a two hour period during the evening hours, on already saturated ground, resulted in flash flooding across much of Jasper County. Several streets in the city of Newton were impassable. Numerous rural roads, highways and creeks in the county were flooded, particularly from Newton to Hunt City to Yale. Illinois Route 49 was closed between Willow Hill and Hunt City due to flowing water. An additional 0.50 to 1.00 inch of rain occurred on April 30th into May 2nd, keeping many roads flooded. As a result, areal flooding continued until the early morning hours of May 4th, before another round of heavy rain produced additional flash flooding.
May 2013Flash FloodIsland Grove-Slow moving thunderstorms produced 3.00 to 4.00 inches of rain on already saturated ground from late evening through the night across all of Jasper County. This rapidly produced flash flooding which made many rural roads impassable, and flooded numerous streets in the city of Newton. The flash flooding continued through the night, and into June 1st.
June 2011Flash FloodIsland Grove-Thunderstorms produced 4.00 to 8.00 of rain in western Jasper County during the|morning hours of June 18th. State Highways 130 and 33 were inundated, most streets in Newton were flooded, and almost all rural roads were impassable due to the high water.
June 2010Flash FloodIsland Grove-A narrow band of flash flooding, in northwest Jasper County, occurred during the late afternoon and early evening. Rainfall rates of about 1.50 per hour for nearly two hours resulted in impassable rural roads near Wheeler and west of Hidalgo.
February 2009FloodIsland Grove-Appleshed Road just northwest of Newton was blocked by high water. Two families were evacuated in Wheeler due to high water.
May 2009Flash FloodIsland Grove-Heavy rain of 3.00 to 5.00 inches within two to three hours produced significant flash flooding of most roads across Jasper County. Many rural roads were closed to traffic due to high water.
June 2009Flash FloodIsland Grove-Rainfall rates of 1.00 to 1.50 inches of rain per hour caused numerous roads to flood in central and southeast Jasper County. Sheriffs reported that high water was flowing across Route 130 near Newton.
August 2009Flash FloodIsland Grove-Heavy rainfall measuring 4 to 5 inches in a two hour period produced extensive rainfall in the northwest corner of Jasper County. Most roads were flooded in and near rural sections east of Montrose.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindIsland Grove-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jasper County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Wheeler4.0 miles11
Gila4.0 miles11
Lis6.9 miles11
Latona8.5 miles9
Rose Hill10.0 miles13
Falmouth10.6 miles13
Plainfield10.6 miles13
Hidalgo10.6 miles13

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 Island GroveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6083147The 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 1725219. 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.