Louisville, Illinois
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Louisville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62858. It stands on Panther Creek. The Survey maps it on the Louisville West quadrangle. 1,136 people lived here at the 2020 count.
On record in Louisville
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
Clay County Courthouselisted 2015
Clay County Jaillisted 1998
Population over time
2 figuresLouisville fell from 1,139 to 1,136 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 | 1,139 | |
| 2020 | 1,136 | -3 (-0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1956 USGS Edgewood quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Louisville West quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Olney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
24 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Louisville between 2009 and 2013, burning about 47 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 16311 |
| 15 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | SCHOONOVER |
| 7 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | MCPEAK |
| 7 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 30 |
| 4 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 29 |
| 3 March 2010 | Smoking | 10 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | CARTER |
| 3 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 27 |
| 22 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 40 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Louisville: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Cty Hwy Dept | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Louisville City Eng | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
36 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Louisville in 36 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 24 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | $500,000 | Two barns were destroyed by thunderstorm wind 6 miles north of Louisville. Large trees were blown down in Louisville. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | $110,000 | Several houses sustained wind damage to their roofs near the high school in Louisville. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | $45,000 | Numerous small trees were blown down and a barn was severely damaged. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | $20,000 | Large tree limbs were blown down on the southwest side of Louisville. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | $15,000 | A tree was blown down onto a vehicle in Louisville. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | $3,000 | A utility pole was blown down in Louisville. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | $2,000 | A tree was blown down about 1 mile west of Louisville. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | $2,000 | A large tree was blown down in Louisville. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Louisville | $50 | no account filed |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | - | A trained spotter estimated wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | - | A tree was blown over. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | - | The roof was peeled off an animal pen. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | - | Several trees were blown down and a carport was damaged. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | - | Power lines were blown down. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | - | A tree was blown over and knocked down a few power poles on Kinmundy Road. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | - | A shed was damaged by strong winds. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | - | Severe roof damage occurred to Zinks Building Center on Highway 45. Damage also occurred to the old Sheriff's Office Square. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | - | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| May 2021 | Tornado (EFU) | Louisville | - | A tornado touched down in an open field about 2.9 miles east-southeast of Louisville at 3:29 PM CDT before quickly dissipating at 3:31 PM CDT. No damage was observed. |
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Louisville | - | Numerous roads were closed due to flash flooding. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | - | A few large tree limbs were blown down. |
| September 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | - | Several power lines were blown down. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Louisville | - | One hundred cars received hail damage at a car dealership in Louisville. Additional vehicles around Louisville sustained broken windows. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees. Also, a shed was destroyed in Bible Grove and two homes in Flora sustained minor roof damage. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | - | Several large trees and tree limbs were blown down. Also, a couple of houses sustained minor siding damage. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | - | Thunderstorm winds uprooted a large tree in Louisville. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees near the county courthouse in Louisville. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | - | Thunderstorm winds blew 2 vehicles off the road on Hwy 45 two miles south of Louisville. No injuries were reported and the vehicles only sustained minor damage. No damage estimate was available. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Louisville | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Louisville | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Louisville | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Louisville | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Louisville | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Louisville | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Louisville | - | no account filed |
| October 2000 | Hail | Louisville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoosier | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Riffle | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Flora | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Sailor Springs | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Bible Grove | 7.5 miles | 9 | |
| Hord | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| Oskaloosa | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| Iola | 7.9 miles | 9 |
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 Louisville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1787261 | 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 412681. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.




