BlockLenzburg, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Lenzburg Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62255. The Survey maps it on the New Athens East quadrangle. 468 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
2 figuresLenzburg fell from 521 to 468 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 | 521 | |
| 2020 | 468 | -53 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1912 USGS New Athens quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS New Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS New Athens East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Pinckneyville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS New Athens East quadrangle1:24000
Storms near this place
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lenzburg in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 4 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Flash Flood | Lenzburg | - | Up to 5 inches of rain fell in about a three hour period causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including Illinois Route 177 just west of Mascoutah and Illinois Route 158 south of Scott Air Force Base between Illinois Routes 161 and 177. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenzburg | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree onto Marissa Township Line Road. |
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Lenzburg | - | Up to four inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Several roads were flooded including some in Marissa. On the south side of town a vehicle became submerged in the flood waters and the driver had to be rescued. No injuries were reported. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenzburg | - | A small shed was destroyed by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenzburg | - | Wind gusts estimated at 70 mph downed trees and power lines across town. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenzburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Marissa | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| New Athens | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Marissa | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Darmstadt | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Whiteoak | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Fayetteville | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Lementon | 7.6 miles | 14 | |
| Saint Libory | 7.7 miles | 11 |
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 Lenzburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2672041 | 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 426406. 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.