BlockLudlow, Illinois
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Ludlow Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60949. The Survey maps it on the Perdueville quadrangle. 308 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 774 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLudlow fell from 371 to 308 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 | 371 | |
| 2020 | 308 | -63 (-17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1924 USGS Paxton quadrangle1:62500
- 1927 USGS Paxton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Paxton quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Paxton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Perdueville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Champaign quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Ludlow in 2018, burning about 20 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | ERIC FOX |
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 Ludlow: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Line Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Howard Thomas West Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ludlow in 7 storm reports between 2004 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ludlow | $2,200,000 | A line of severe thunderstorms moved southeast across the eastern half of Champaign County. In Ludlow, at least 40 homes sustained minor to major damage as well as several businesses. Three large grain bins were destroyed and numerous trees and power lines were blown down. Widespread tree and power line damage was reported in Gifford, Penfield, Rantoul and Ogden. A semi was blown over on I-57 near Ludlow but the driver was not injured. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ludlow | - | A tree was blown down. |
| February 2018 | Flash Flood | Ludlow | - | Around 1.00 to 1.75 inches of rain fell onto frozen ground late on February 19th. This set the conditions for rapid flash flooding to occur on February 20th into the 21st when 3.00 to 5.00 of rain occurred. Numerous creeks and streams rapidly flooded in central and eastern Champaign County. Numerous roads in Champaign, Urbana, Savoy, St. Joseph, Rantoul and Thomasboro were impassable. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ludlow | - | A large tree limb was blown down. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Ludlow | - | Scattered thunderstorms, with heavy rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches in one hour produced flash flooding in the northern part of Champaign County during the late morning. Many rural roads to the northeast of Mahomet and in the vicinity of Rantoul were impassable. The flooding subsided by mid-afternoon. |
| April 2013 | Flash Flood | Ludlow | - | Rainfall rates of 1.50 to 2.00 inches per hour for nearly three hours resulted in flash flooding in Champaign County, including the cities of Champaign and Urbana. Several roads were impassable due to high water. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Ludlow | - | 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 Ludlow | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2265341 | 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 412736. 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.