Lima, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Lima Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62348. The Survey maps it on the Lima quadrangle. 148 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
2 figuresLima fell from 163 to 148 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 | 163 | |
| 2020 | 148 | -15 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1946 USGS Mendon quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Mendon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Lima quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Keokuk quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lima: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Marce Number 7 Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Quincy Sand Co. Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lima in 10 storm reports between 1993 and 2020: 6 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lima | - | Thunderstorm winds overturned a semi on Illinois Route 96 in Lima. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lima | - | Thunderstorm winds snapped an aluminum flag pole. |
| November 2005 | Hail | Lima | - | The County Sheriff reported 1 inch hail. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Lima | - | Storm spotters reported 3/4 inch hail covering the ground just southeast of Lima. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lima | - | Winds downed large tree limbs and small trees. |
| November 2020 | Hail | Lima | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Lima | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Lima | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lima | - | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Hail | Lima | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcelline | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Meyer | 6.9 miles | 18 | |
| Ursa | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Mendon | 7.9 miles | 15 | |
| Loraine | 8.4 miles | 14 | |
| Rock Creek | 9.2 miles | 14 | |
| Woodville | 10.4 miles | 14 | |
| Bloomfield | 11.5 miles | 15 |
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 Lima | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2339931 | 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 412095. 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.
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.







