BlockLovington, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Lovington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61937. The Survey maps it on the Lovington quadrangle. 1,069 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 676 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLovington fell from 1,130 to 1,069 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 | 1,130 | |
| 2020 | 1,069 | -61 (-5%) |
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.
- 1935 USGS Sullivan quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1935 USGS Sullivan quadrangle1:48000
- 1940 USGS Sullivan quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Lovington quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Lovington quadrangle1:24000
Storms near this place
31 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lovington in 31 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 3 tornado, 2 flash 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 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovington | $42,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down between 50 and 100 power poles between Lovington and Arthur (Douglas County). Also, a barn was damaged two miles north of Cadwell. No injuries were reported and damage was estimated around $42,000. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovington | $30,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down in Lovington. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovington | $2,000 | A tree was blown down and fascia was stripped off a garage. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovington | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees, tree limbs, and corn crops in a swath from the northeastern part of the county to Arthur. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovington | - | The doors and walls of a farm outbuilding were blown out. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovington | - | Trees were snapped about half way up the trunk. |
| March 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Lovington | - | The tornado began in far northern Moultrie County, two miles south-southwest of Hammond near the intersection of county roads 1100E and 2400N. The tornado was rated EF-1 in Moultrie County, with a path length of three miles. The tornado continued into Piatt County, crossing US Highway 36 near the southwest side of Hammond and following a curved path for over nine additional miles, producing EF-2 damage. The tornado dissipated in Piatt County northeast of the intersection of county roads North 1400 East Road and State Highway 105, about one mile west of the Piatt-Champaign County line. In Moultrie County, the tornado resulted in a few dozen trees being blown down, roof damage to a house, and damage to several farm outbuildings. From its start in Moultrie County through its dissipation in Piatt County, this tornado lasted a total of 13 minutes. |
| February 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovington | - | A powerline was blown down on Illinois Route 133 just east of Lovington. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovington | - | Several power poles were snapped. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovington | - | A power pole was snapped. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovington | - | Strong thunderstorm winds caused a power pole to lean. |
| May 2017 | Flash Flood | Lovington | - | Heavy rainfall of 1.75 to 2.50 inches during the early morning hours of May 4th, on already saturated ground, resulted in flash flooding across southern and central Moultrie County. Officials reported that most roads were impassable and numerous creeks rapidly flooded. Illinois Route 32 was closed in spots, between Lovington and Sullivan, and near the Shelby County line. Illinois Route 121 was also inundated between Allenville and Coles. |
| May 2017 | Flood | Lovington | - | Heavy rainfall of 1.75 to 2.50 inches during the early morning hours of May 4th, on already saturated ground, resulted in flash flooding across southern and central Moultrie County. Officials reported that most roads were impassable and numerous creeks rapidly flooded. Illinois Route 32 was closed in spots, between Lovington and Sullivan, and near the Shelby County line. Illinois Route 121 was also inundated between Allenville and Coles. Additional rainfall of 0.50 to 1.00 inch later in the day May 4th into May 5th caused creeks and roads to stay flooded for nearly 24 hours. Flood waters subsided by the afternoon on May 5th. |
| March 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Lovington | - | The tornado struck several farms in rural Moultrie County. A barn, several outbuildings and several grain bins were destroyed. A cow was also killed on one of the farms. |
| March 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovington | - | Trees and power lines down. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovington | - | Thunderstorm winds blew the doors off of a storage shed southeast of Lovington. |
| April 2001 | Hail | Lovington | - | Several cars had $2500-$4500 in damage a piece. No exact number of cars was given. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovington | - | Several trees, tree limbs, and power lines were blown down in and around Atwood on the Piatt/Moultrie/Douglas county lines. |
| July 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Lovington | - | A tornado briefly touched down northwest of town flattening a cornfield, then caused minor roof damage to seven homes. Also, a garage suffered major damage with several trees and power lines blown down. No injuries were reported. |
| March 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovington | - | Thunderstorm winds destroyed a shed and blew over a large tree just south of Lovington. No injuries were reported and no damage estimate was available. |
| November 2025 | Hail | Lovington | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Lovington | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Lovington | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Lovington | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Lovington | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Lovington | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Lovington | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Lovington | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Lovington | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Lovington | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Flash Flood | Lovington | - | 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.
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 Lovington | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q541733 | 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 412701. 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.