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Milan, Illinois

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 2000. It stands in Blackhawk Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61264. It lies near Vandruff Island. The Survey maps it on the Milan quadrangle. 5,097 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 561 feet above sea level.

Milan within Rock Island County

On record in Milan

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Population over time

2 figures

Milan fell from 5,099 to 5,097 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
20105,099
20205,097-2 (-0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 23 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

36 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Milan between 2008 and 2011, burning about 5 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined19
Smoking6
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
23 September 2009Smokingunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesIDNR2
16 September 2009Smokingunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesI280 11
11 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesIDNR
6 August 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesCANAL
30 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesUNION
16 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesMM15
11 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesEAST
5 July 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesMILAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rock Island County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Milan: 3 producers, 3 past producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Big Island Plant #51 DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Builders Sand and Gravel Co. DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
General Pit No. 3 Milan PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Allied Stone Plant #30Stone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Milan Quarry, Inc.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rock Island City Eng.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
U. S. Army EngineersStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Rock Island County

Storms near this place

24 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milan in 24 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 2 lightning. The reports record 2 deaths and 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
June 1999LightningMilan2 killedA man and woman fishing along the Rock River just east of the U.S. 67 bridge in Milan were struck and killed by lightning. The couple were fishing underneath a tree when the storm rolled in.
June 2010LightningMilan1 hurtFour adults were shocked by a nearby lightning strike at the KOA campground in Rock Island, IL at 454 pm CDT June 23. The Boy Scout leaders were attempting to hold down an awning when the lightning struck. One person complained about a difficulty hearing and was transported to a hospital.
June 2009Flash FloodMilan$50,000Heavy rain resulted in flash flooding of some streets just west of the Quad City Airport in Milan, IL during the early evening of June 19.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindMilan$200Wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph blew a trampoline across a street into a neighbor's house about 3 miles south southwest of Rock Island, IL at 1040 am CDT May 29.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMilan-A public report of 4 inch tree limbs down. The time of the event was estimated using radar.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindMilan-A public report of several large tree branches down. The time of the event was estimated using radar.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindMilan-A public report of roof damage, down trees with the roots exposed and a semi trailer blown over.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindMilan-A member of the public reported 60 MPH wind gusts and pea sized hail.
July 2019Flash FloodMilan-A public report via social media of a flooded road and parking lot near a business.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindMilan-A public report was received of 2 to 4 inch in diameter tree limbs were down.
July 2009Flash FloodMilan-Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding of some streets, including Highway 67, in Milan, IL during the late evening of July 24.
July 2009Flash FloodMilan-Heavy rains resulted in some flash flooding in Milan, IL during the afternoon hours of July 10. A portion of Highway 67 was flooded with about 1 foot of water over the road.
March 2008FloodMilan-Record flooding occurred on the Rock River near Moline and Milan Illinois on March 6, 2008. The river was already experiencing major flooding due to the combination of snow melt and heavy precipitation a few days earlier. The stage at the Moline river gage rose to a record crest of 16.38 feet at 830 am CST on March 6, 2008. The previous record was 16.15 feet on April 26, 1973. The main ice jam formed on the newly constructed Veterans Memorial Bridge, or the extension to the Milan Beltway. Nearly 100 homes were quickly evacuated, in some cases by boat because of the already high river levels.
February 2008Flash FloodMilan-A portion of Interstate 280 at mile marker 15 about 2 miles west of the Quad City International Airport was closed due to water covering the road. An ice jam on the eastbound bridge caused the water to rise rapidly on Mill Creek and flow across the freeway at the bridge approach. Water was flowing 9 inches deep over a 100 foot section of both the east and west bound lanes. A motorist ventured into the floodwaters but hydroplaned and lost control of his vehicle. No one was injured. The Illinois State Police closed the interstate and detoured traffic until 900 am on February 18 when the water finally receded.
April 2006HailMilan-Nickel sized hail
April 2006Heavy RainMilan-1.75 inches of rain in the past 30 minutes; 6-8 inches of water running along the curbs.
September 2006Heavy RainMilan-Street flooding was reported at the intersection of 4th Avenue and U.S. 67 in town.
June 2002FloodMilan-Water up to the curb on some streets.
April 1995HailMilan-Early morning thunderstorms produced dime-size hail and some tree damage. No dollar amount could be placed on the tree damage, but I would estimate several hundred dollars at most.
August 2015HailMilan-no account filed
June 1999HailMilan-no account filed
June 1998HailMilan-no account filed
May 1997HailMilan-no account filed
May 1993HailMilan-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Rock Island 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
Ginger Hill1.1 miles23
Oak Grove2.9 miles23
Fruitland3.2 miles23
Coyne Center3.4 miles23
Bridgeway Addition3.9 miles23
Rock Island3.9 miles20
Castle Junction4.2 miles23
Moline4.8 miles20

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 MilanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1022976The 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 413528. 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.