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.
Population over time
2 figuresLynnville 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 117 | |
| 2020 | 96 | -21 (-18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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 Winchester quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1924 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:48000
- 1926 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Lynnville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Meredosia quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Meredosia quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 2008Regional 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 burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | BECKER |
| 20 September 2017 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 17406 GRASSFIRE |
| 1 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | I72 63 |
| 5 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | EVANS2 |
| 5 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | PROFFITT |
| 30 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 90 |
| 18 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 19112 GRASS FIRE 855 MASEY LN |
| 14 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 69 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1999Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynnville | 1 hurt | As 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 2025 | Tornado (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 2025 | Tornado (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 2014 | Flash Flood | Lynnville | - | 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 2014 | Flood | Lynnville | - | 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 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynnville | - | Few trees and power lines down. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynnville | - | 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 2011 | Hail | Lynnville | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Lynnville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Markham | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Chapin | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| South Jacksonville | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Davis (historical) | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Morgan City (historical) | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Jacksonville | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Joy Prairie | 7.3 miles | 11 | |
| Bethel | 7.5 miles | 11 |
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 Lynnville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1878698 | 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 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.







