BlockLoda, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Loda Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60948. The Survey maps it on the Buckley quadrangle. 356 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 778 feet above sea level.
On record in Loda
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
A. Herr and E. E. Smith Public Librarylisted 1995
Population over time
2 figuresLoda fell from 407 to 356 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 | 407 | |
| 2020 | 356 | -51 (-13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1948 USGS Buckley quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Buckley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Fairbury quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Buckley quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
Storms near this place
9 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Loda in 9 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loda | $10,000 | A home was damaged in Loda. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loda | $2,000 | Multiple powerlines were reported down. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loda | - | A measured wind gust to 60 mph was reported. |
| April 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Loda | - | A tornado with estimated peak winds of 100 mph touched down in far southwest Iroquois County near the Ford County line. The tornado formed just east of County Road 300 E along County Road 600 N, causing damage to multiple utility poles. The tornado moved rapidly to the northeast causing damage to farm buildings along County Road 400 E. One large wood frame farm building with aluminum covering partially collapsed, killing at least 50 hogs. Another storage building had its east facing garage door blown out. The tornado continued northeast heavily damaging multiple farm buildings along E 100 North Road, just west of N 500 East Road. A small pickup truck was picked up and tipped over after being moved about 50 feet. The main house suffered broken windows and minor roof and siding damage. The tornado crossed N 500 East Road where several utility poles were snapped or broken. Two farm outbuildings collapsed but the main house suffered only very minor fascia and shingle damage. The tornado ended in a field just northeast of this area. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Loda | - | Hail ranged between the size of quarters to golf balls in the Loda area. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loda | - | Large limbs torn off of trees. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loda | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Loda | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Loda | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckley | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Cissna Park | 10.0 miles | 12 | |
| Delrey | 11.1 miles | 13 | |
| Thawville | 11.2 miles | 13 | |
| Pitchin | 12.4 miles | 12 | |
| Idaville Corner | 12.6 miles | 12 | |
| Ridgeville | 13.5 miles | 13 | |
| Claytonville | 13.6 miles | 12 |
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 Loda | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2629951 | 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 412500. 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.