BlockLittleton, Illinois
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Littleton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61452. The Survey maps it on the Rushville North quadrangle. 139 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 679 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLittleton fell from 181 to 139 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 | 181 | |
| 2020 | 139 | -42 (-23%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1923 USGS Rushville quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS Rushville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Rushville NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Rushville North quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
18 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Littleton in 18 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 tornado, 1 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 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Littleton | $70,000 | Several power poles were blown down along Highway 67 near Littleton. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Littleton | $70,000 | Several barns and outbuildings experienced wind damage south of Littleton. |
| December 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Littleton | $10,000 | The roof was blown off a barn. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Littleton | $2,000 | A tree was blown down on Route 101 just west of Littleton. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Littleton | - | Structural damage occurred to a small pole barn. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Littleton | - | A mobile home sustained considerable structural damage. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Littleton | - | Power poles were blown down on Highway 67. |
| May 2022 | Flood | Littleton | - | Water was flowing across the road at Illinois Route 101 and White Frame Road just west of Littleton. |
| June 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Littleton | - | A tornado briefly touched down in an open field southwest of Littleton. No damage was observed. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Littleton | - | Several elm trees were blown down across a road. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Littleton | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Littleton | - | Trees were blown down in the area, including a 6 to 7 inch diameter tree down over Airport Road, near Rushville. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Littleton | - | Hail fell over Littleton covering the ground. Some of the hail stones were 4.5 inches in diameter. Numerous cars and machinery sustained damage. |
| May 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Littleton | - | A tornado briefly touched down in a field 2 miles west of Littleton. No injuries or damage were reported. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Littleton | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Littleton | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Littleton | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Littleton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hale Ridge (historical) | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Wayland | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Oakland Center | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Brooklyn | 7.5 miles | 14 | |
| Ray | 8.0 miles | 15 | |
| Rushville | 8.4 miles | 15 | |
| Erwin | 8.4 miles | 14 | |
| Camden | 9.6 miles | 14 |
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 Littleton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2671726 | 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 412443. 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.