BlockMalden, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Berlin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61337. The Survey maps it on the Malden quadrangle. 318 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
2 figuresMalden fell from 362 to 318 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 | 362 | |
| 2020 | 318 | -44 (-12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1893 USGS Hennepin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Hennepin quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS Hennepin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Malden quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Kewanee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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 Malden: 2 past producers. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Obcrhaus Pit & Portable Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Malden in 11 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malden | $10,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 to 75 mph blew down some small trees and power lines near Malden, IL at 704 am July 21. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malden | - | Trees downed in town by the thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Malden | - | A tornado touched down in a field about 2 miles south of Malden, and moved east around one half mile before lifting. Crop damage occurred along the path length as well as damage to shingles on a residence, and several mature hardwood trees snapped off about 20 feet above the ground. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malden | - | The Emergency Manager in Bureau County reported that power lines were down. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malden | - | A trained spotter reported a large two and half foot diameter tree down along with several branches. Time of this event was estimated using radar. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malden | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 75 mph blew a 5 foot diameter tree down on the north side of Malden, IL around 555 pm June 19. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malden | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph blew down a four inch diameter branch in Malden, IL around 10:49 pm May 31. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Malden | - | Nickel-sized hail fell in Malden, IL around 10:49 pm May 31. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Malden | - | Golf ball-sized hail fell in Malden, IL around 10:50 pm May 31. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Malden | - | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Hail | Malden | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dover | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Zearing | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Coal Hollow | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Greenoak | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Hollowayville | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Princeton | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Seatonville | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Limerick | 7.1 miles | 13 |
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 Malden | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2537203 | 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 412870. 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.
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.