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Joppa, Illinois

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Hillerman precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62953. It stands on Bayou Creek. The Survey maps it on the Joppa quadrangle. 350 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 351 feet above sea level.

Joppa within Massac County

Population over time

2 figures

Joppa fell from 360 to 350 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.

YearPeople Change
2010360
2020350-10 (-3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 19 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.

Fires near this place

26 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Joppa between 2008 and 2013, burning about 35 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined15
Debris and open burning6
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources49
6 August 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesSTUBBLEFIELD
31 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesCOUNTY
30 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesMERMET FLATS
22 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesJOPPA
15 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesBROWN
15 August 2012Debris and open burning4.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesJOINER
13 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesJONESBORO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Massac County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Joppa: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium, Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Joppa Cement PlantCalciumProducer
Shawnee Medium Interest Refractory Clay DepositFire Clay (Refractory)OccurrenceSedimentary
Anderson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Delta Materials, Inc. DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Massac County

Storms near this place

17 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Joppa in 17 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
May 1996Thunderstorm WindJoppa2 hurt, $100,000no account filed
February 2019FloodJoppa$750,000A prolonged major river flood affected at least 50 homes in Metropolis. At Paducah, across the river from Metropolis, the Ohio River crested at 53.27 feet on the 25th. This was tied with the 1950 flood for the second worst flood since the Flood of 1937. Since 1937, only the flood crest of 2011 was higher. The flood crest reached 60.60 feet in the winter of 1937. Metropolis is not protected by a levee or flood wall, so river floodwater impacted the city directly. Heavy rainfall events combined with backwater from the Ohio River caused widespread flooding along the eastern limits of Metropolis. Numerous roads were closed around the county. In the city of Metropolis, portions of 27 city streets were closed. The governor of Illinois toured the flooded area. The riverboat casino in Metropolis was closed for an extended period of time. Outside the city limits, 17 to 20 additional homes were affected in the county. About six of those homes were flooded. At least three water rescues were conducted. The Red Cross opened a shelter in Brookport. Floodgates were installed around Brookport, blocking access to the city from the east.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindJoppa$50,000Numerous large trees were blown down. The most concentrated damage was between Joppa and U.S. Route 45 along County Road 900N. Snapped trees were up to two feet in diameter.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindJoppa$25,000Numerous trees and power lines were down. The majority of the damage was along the northern city limits of Metropolis, from the airport area eastward. Some roads were blocked by the damage. A tree and power line were down over the road near Joppa.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindJoppa$10,000Trees were down across parts of Massac County, mainly in the Joppa area.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindJoppa$6,000Thunderstorm winds blew down a healthy tree approximately 15 inches in diameter across Joppa Road, taking power lines down as well.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindJoppa$4,000A large tree was blown down with limbs down elsewhere in the county. A gust of 54 mph was measured at Round Knob.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindJoppa$1,000A tree was down across U.S. Route 45.
March 2019FloodJoppa-A prolonged major river flood that began in February gradually subsided in March. The flood affected at least 50 homes in Metropolis. The flood crest of 53.27 feet on the Paducah river gage occurred in February. This was tied with the 1950 flood for the second worst flood since the Flood of 1937. More details on the flood crest and on the total property damage estimates can be found in the February report. Metropolis is not protected by a levee or flood wall, so river floodwater impacted the city directly. Heavy rainfall events combined with backwater from the Ohio River caused widespread flooding along the eastern limits of Metropolis. Numerous roads were closed around the county. In the city of Metropolis, portions of 27 city streets were closed. The governor of Illinois toured the flooded area. The riverboat casino in Metropolis was closed for an extended period of time. Outside the Metropolis city limits, 17 to 20 additional homes were affected in the county. About six of those homes were flooded. The Red Cross opened a shelter in Brookport. Floodgates were installed around Brookport, blocking access to the city from the east.
February 2007HailJoppa-The largest hail reported was about the size of ping-pong balls near Big Bay and several miles north-northeast of Round Knob. This area is within a few miles east of Interstate 24 in northern Massac County.
May 2003Tornado (F1)Joppa-This tornado, which crossed the Ohio River from Kentucky, moved an anchored barge from its moorings. It flipped over a work trailer and downed numerous trees and power lines. There was minor damage to other trailers. Three concrete slabs, each weighing 500 pounds, were moved from their positions on top of silos. Estimated peak winds were 95 MPH.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindJoppa-Trees were blown down.
January 2022FloodJoppa-no account filed
May 2006HailJoppa-no account filed
May 2003HailJoppa-no account filed
May 1995HailJoppa-no account filed
June 1995HailJoppa-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Massac 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
Choat2.5 miles19
Hillerman3.2 miles17
Mermet4.6 miles17
Grinnell5.2 miles17
Round Knob6.3 miles23
Boaz6.6 miles19
Metropolis7.1 miles23
Massac City8.0 miles23

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 JoppaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2225470The 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 411233. 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.