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Lynnville, Illinois

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Lynnville-Markham precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62650. It lies near Allison Mound. The Survey maps it on the Lynnville quadrangle. 96 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 607 feet above sea level.

Lynnville within Morgan County

Population over time

2 figures

Lynnville fell from 117 to 96 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.

YearPeople Change
2010117
202096-21 (-18%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

12 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Lynnville between 2008 and 2019, burning about 58 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
Debris and open burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
30 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesBECKER
20 September 2017Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources17406 GRASSFIRE
1 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesI72 63
5 April 2014Debris and open burning3.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesEVANS2
5 April 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesPROFFITT
30 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources90
18 March 2019Debris and open burning5.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources19112 GRASS FIRE 855 MASEY LN
14 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources69

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Storms near this place

9 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lynnville in 9 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 1999Thunderstorm WindLynnville1 hurtAs a severe thunderstorm moved through the area, a greenhouse in Lynnville was destroyed. In Jacksonville, four businesses sustained major roof damage and a window in a restaurant was blown in causing one minor injury from flying glass. Throughout the county, several sheds were either damaged or destroyed, numerous trees and power poles blown down, and a chimney was blown off of a house.
June 2025Tornado (EF1)Lynnville-This tornado began in Scott County, between Old Route 36 and Walnut Creek, approximately a quarter mile west of the Scott-Morgan county line and 1.5 miles west of Lynnville in Morgan County. The tornado track northeast, crossing into Morgan County just south of Old Route 36. The tornado broke a few power poles along Old Route 36 and resulted in shingle and fascia damage to a residence. The tornado continued northeast through a field for approximately 0.4 miles before lifting.
June 2025Tornado (EF0)Lynnville-The tornado began near the intersection of US-67 and Old Airport Road and tracked northeast for a little over four miles. It crossed I-72 about three quarters of a mile east of exit 60. Damage from this tornado was mainly confined to tree branches along its path, but it produced minor roof damage to a farm outbuilding along south Finch Road and destroyed an open-air farm outbuilding along Massey View Road. The tornado ended just north of the Diamond Grove Cemetery.
June 2014Flash FloodLynnville-Several periods of thunderstorms resulted in 2.50 to 5.00 inches of rain and flash flooding in western and central Morgan County. Numerous streets in the city of Jacksonville were flooded and closed. Nearly all rural roads from Jacksonville to Woodson, and west to the Scott County line were impassable. Illinois Route 104 from Jacksonville to Franklin was also closed for several hours.
June 2014FloodLynnville-Several periods of thunderstorms resulted in 2.50 to 5.00 inches of rain and flash flooding in western and central Morgan County. Numerous streets in the city of Jacksonville were flooded and closed. Nearly all rural roads from Jacksonville to Woodson, and west to the Scott County line were impassable. Illinois Route 104 from Jacksonville to Franklin was also closed for several hours. Additional rainfall during the early morning hours of June 11th caused roads to remain closed through the entire morning.
October 2004Thunderstorm WindLynnville-Few trees and power lines down.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindLynnville-As the northern bow echo moved into central Morgan County, numerous trees, tree limbs, power poles, and power lines were blown down. On the southeast side of Jacksonville at Nichols Park, about three dozen large trees were destroyed. No injuries were reported.
June 2011HailLynnville-no account filed
April 2011HailLynnville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Morgan County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Markham4.2 miles12
Chapin6.1 miles11
South Jacksonville6.4 miles12
Davis (historical)6.8 miles12
Morgan City (historical)6.9 miles11
Jacksonville7.0 miles12
Joy Prairie7.3 miles11
Bethel7.5 miles11

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 LynnvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1878698The 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 412773. 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.

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.