BlockJunction, Illinois
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Gold Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62954. The Survey maps it on the Shawneetown quadrangle. 56 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 361 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresJunction fell from 129 to 56 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 | 129 | |
| 2020 | 56 | -73 (-57%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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.
- 1916 USGS Shawneetown quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Shawneetown quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Shawneetown quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Shawneetown quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Junction in 2010, burning about 3 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 October 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | SALTWELL |
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 Junction: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wentzel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
23 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Junction in 23 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 7 heavy rain, 5 hail, 2 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 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Junction | $40,000 | Several power poles were blown down. Multiple trees were down. A pivot irrigation unit was blown over. |
| November 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Junction | $20,000 | A weak, short-lived tornado was witnessed by a sheriff deputy and two residents of the community. The damage path, which was 800 feet long and 400 feet wide, was marked by uprooted trees and overturned campers. |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Junction | $20,000 | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Junction | $7,000 | Some trees and power lines were down in Junction and Shawneetown. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Junction | $2,000 | Some tree damage occurred, with limbs greater than two inches in diameter blown down. Corn fields had quite a bit of damage, with several fields leaning or flattened. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Junction | $2,000 | At the Gallatin County School, near the intersection of Highways 13 and 1, some portable bleachers were thrown several feet. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Junction | $1,000 | A tree was down on Illinois Highway 1. |
| April 1995 | Hail | Junction | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Flood | Junction | - | A trained spotter reported nearly 1.5 inches in 30 minutes. There was minor street flooding. |
| July 2015 | Heavy Rain | Junction | - | A trained spotter measured 2.50 inches of rain in three hours during the morning hours. Low water crossings were flooded. Another one to two inches of rain fell later in the day, causing minor creek flooding. |
| July 2015 | Heavy Rain | Junction | - | A trained spotter measured just over 1.5 inches of rain in one hour and 15 minutes. Water was over some country roads. Normally flood-prone areas were under water. |
| August 2015 | Heavy Rain | Junction | - | A trained spotter measured 2.25 inches of rain, most of which fell in five hours. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Junction | - | Many secondary roads were under water, as well as State Routes 1 and 13. Highway 13 was completely under water from Shawneetown west to Junction. A trained spotter two miles south of Junction measured 3.90 inches. Over three inches of rainfall were reported in Ridgway. |
| January 2013 | Heavy Rain | Junction | - | Some small streams were out of their banks, and a few rural roads were under water in spots. A trained spotter measured 1.4 inches of rain in three hours. The 24-hour rainfall total was 4.90 inches. |
| October 2013 | Heavy Rain | Junction | - | A trained spotter reported a daily rainfall total of 4.40 inches. About 2.50 inches fell after midnight. |
| July 2012 | Heavy Rain | Junction | - | A trained spotter measured 4 inches of rain. |
| June 2011 | Heavy Rain | Junction | - | Four to five inches of water was running across Highway 13. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Junction | - | Report relayed by SHAVE (Severe Hazards Analysis and Verification Experiment). |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Junction | - | A trained spotter estimated a wind gust to 60 MPH. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Junction | - | Water covered Sawmill Road. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Junction | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Junction | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Junction | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawler | 2.6 miles | 22 | |
| Shawneetown | 2.7 miles | 23 | |
| Bowlesville (historical) | 3.6 miles | 23 | |
| New Market (historical) | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| Ridgway | 5.4 miles | 18 | |
| Gibsonia | 5.4 miles | 22 | |
| Old Shawneetown | 5.6 miles | 23 | |
| Equality | 5.7 miles | 22 |
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 Junction | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q930360 | 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 411278. 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.