BlockLondon Mills, Illinois
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Young Hickory Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61544. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the London Mills quadrangle.
On record in London Mills
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 2 records
Indian Ford Bridgelisted 1980
London Mills Bridgelisted 1980
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1915 USGS Avon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Avon quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS London Mills quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
2,168 words on this townshipHistory of Fulton County, Illinois;, published 1879 names this settlement in its chapter on Young Hickory Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The first school-house in the township was upon section 36 in 1835, and the first teacher was Mr. Barnes. There is no regularly surveyed town in Young Hickory, yet Midway is a little village of about forty inhabitants, and is situated upon sections 2 and 11. It contains a store, blacksmith-shop and pdsttjffice. London Mills is also another ])ostotiice in this township. It is located upon the northwest quarter of section 3. In it are two stores and a blacksmith-shop.
Passage source: History of Fulton County, Illinois;, published 1879.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Young Hickory Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of London Mills: 2 past producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glaser Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lawrence Downing Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names London Mills in 12 storm reports between 2004 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 3 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2013 | Flood | London Mills | $3,000,000 | Record flooding on the Spoon River damaged 40 houses in the towns of London Mills, Bernadotte and Seville. Multiple levees along the river broke, resulting in the inundation of thousands of acres of agricultural land, nature preserves and county roads. A levee at London Mills also broke, resulting on flash flooding in the town during the evening of April 18th through the 19th. ||At Seville, the river crested at a record level of 35.83 feet on April 20th, nearly 14 feet above flood stage, and almost 3 feet above the previous record. The river gage at London Mills became disabled because of the flooding, but manual readings indicated a crest of 26.50 feet on April 19th, the second highest reading on record, and nearly 12 feet above flood stage. |
| April 2013 | Flash Flood | London Mills | $1,500,000 | The levee protecting the town of London Mills from the Spoon River broke in several locations during the evening of April 18th. This exacerbated the flooding which had already occurred the night before from torrential rainfall. Twenty houses were inundated on the south side of London Mills. In addition, Illinois Route 116 and County Road 2 were under several feet of water. Evacuations had been done so there were no injuries reported. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | London Mills | $150,000 | Numerous trees were snapped, power lines were blown down, and a couple grain elevators were severely damaged. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | London Mills | $90,000 | Farm equipment buildings were damaged and powerlines were blown into a field. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | London Mills | $1,000 | A large tree was uprooted. |
| August 2010 | Flash Flood | London Mills | - | Isolated thunderstorms in northwest Fulton County produced rainfall rates of 1.50 inches per hour for at least two hours which resulted in flash flooding. The flooding inundated most rural roads in the area. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | London Mills | - | Heavy rain on already saturated ground resulted in flooded roads in much of northern Fulton County. Illinois Routes 116 and 78 near Farmington were closed. Illinois Route 9 was covered with water and impassible in spots from Checkrow to Fiatt. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | London Mills | - | A downburst, 2 to 3 blocks wide, blew down numerous trees, power lines and tree limbs. Twelve homes were damaged (3 severely), and one garage was destroyed. All damage was caused by falling trees and not from the wind gusts. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | London Mills | - | A tree fell onto a house in Canton causing minor damage. |
| May 2024 | Hail | London Mills | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | London Mills | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | London Mills | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midway (historical) | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Troy (historical) | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Pleasant Ridge (historical) | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Ellisville | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Fairview | 7.6 miles | 17 | |
| Middlegrove | 8.8 miles | 16 | |
| Bybee | 8.9 miles | 16 | |
| Virgil (historical) | 9.1 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 412531. 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.