BlockMidway, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Moro Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62067. The Survey maps it on the Prairietown quadrangle. It stands 551 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1927 USGS Edwardsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1932 USGS Edwardsville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Edwardsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Prairietown quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Carlyle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Prairietown quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
601 words on this townshipHistory of Madison County, Illinois ... With Biographical Sketches .., published 1882; Centennial History of Madison County, Illinois, and Its People, 1812 to 1912, published 1912 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Moro Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Moro Township - 601 words.
Fires near this place
3 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Midway between 2001 and 2014, burning about 1 acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 June 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | HENDRICKS1 |
| 5 December 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 6 November 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Midway in 4 storm reports between 2001 and 2026: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Midway | $100,000 | A tornado touched down near Cooper Road, 4.3 miles northeast of Bethalto, damaging the roof on two farm buildings. Then it tracked to the east-northeast crossing Illinois Route 159. In this location, it caused considerable damage to two out buildings as well as trees and fences. It continued to the east northeast for another 2.7 miles before crossing Prairietown Road, causing minor roof damage to a house and major damage to an outbuilding, before lifting and dissipating. Overall, the tornado was rated EF1 (max wind speed of 95 mph) with a path length of 3.14 miles and a max path width of 75 yards. No deaths or injuries were reported. |
| September 2001 | Hail | Midway | - | Storm Spotters reported 3/4 inch hail in the Holiday Shores area. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Midway | - | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | Midway | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holiday Shores | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Moro | 2.7 miles | 23 | |
| Meadowbrook | 2.8 miles | 23 | |
| Dorsey | 3.5 miles | 23 | |
| Prairietown | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Bethalto | 3.9 miles | 23 | |
| Gard | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Carpenter | 4.8 miles | 14 |
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 Midway | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6843202 | 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 422979. 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.