BlockMound City, Illinois
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Mound City precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62963. It stands on Hess Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Cairo quadrangle. 526 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 322 feet above sea level.
On record in Mound City
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 2 records
Mound City Civil War Naval Hospitallisted 1974
Mound City National Cemeterylisted 1997
Population over time
2 figuresMound City fell from 588 to 526 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 | 588 | |
| 2020 | 526 | -62 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 27 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.
- 1931 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1933 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Mound City in 2012, burning under an 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 April 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ACROSS DIS |
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 Mound City: 1 past producer, 1 plant. 1 still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mound City Dredge & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Mound City Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
26 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mound City in 26 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 10 flood, 8 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Flood | Mound City | $200,000 | Major flooding continued on the Ohio River from April. At the Grand Chain river gage, the flood crest of 62.20 feet on the evening of May 2 came within two feet of the record of 64.00 feet set in 1937. The activation of the New Madrid Floodway by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spared Pulaski County from an even higher crest. With the detonation of the Mississippi River levee at Birds Point, Missouri, the Ohio River dropped suddenly at Grand Chain. |
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | Mound City | $150,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Mound City | $50,000 | The tornado moved northeast across Mound City, where much of the damage occurred. One small mobile home was picked up and thrown into a power pole. There was roof damage to several homes, mainly shingles. Numerous trees were uprooted and snapped. The tornado damage path ended at the Ohio River. Peak winds were estimated near 105 mph. The average path width was 200 yards. |
| July 2019 | Flood | Mound City | $30,000 | The Ohio River finally fell below flood stage after spending five months above flood stage, which is the longest duration on record at the Cairo river gage. Much of this time, the river was above flood stage due to backwater from the swollen Mississippi River. Although crops were never planted in many parts of the flood plain, the agricultural impacts were still significant. Flooding of low-lying woods, fields, and public parks finally ended by mid month. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Mound City | $20,000 | Major flooding occurred on the Ohio River. There was extensive flooding of low-lying woods, fields, and parks. Through February, the impacts were very similar to the March, 1997 flood. Areas not protected by levees were inundated. Since the crop season was not underway, agricultural losses were insignificant. The Ohio River did not crest until March at the Cairo river gage. |
| June 2019 | Flood | Mound City | $20,000 | Moderate flooding of the Ohio River continued through the month of June. Much of the flooding was due to backwater from the swollen Mississippi River. Considerable flooding of low-lying woods, fields, and parks persisted. Typically, this scale of flooding has a large impact on farming operations. Due to the lack of planted crops during this long-term flood, there were little in the way of crop losses. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mound City | $4,000 | Several trees were blown down. |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mound City | $2,000 | Numerous medium-size tree limbs were down. A tree limb went through the roof of a house. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mound City | $1,000 | Moderate tree limb damage occurred at Mound City as a supercell thunderstorm moved eastward through southern Pulaski County. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Mound City | - | Spotter reports of half-dollar to golf ball size hail were measured in Mound City as a supercell storm progressed eastward through southern Pulaski County. |
| April 2021 | Flood | Mound City | - | Moderate flooding occurred on the Ohio River. At the Olmsted river gage, the river crested at 42.38 feet on the evening of the 3rd. Flood stage is 36 feet. There was considerable flooding of fields and woods in the flood plain. A few county roads were impacted. |
| March 2021 | Flood | Mound City | - | Moderate flooding occurred on the Ohio River. At the Olmsted river gage, the river crested at 43.33 feet. Flood stage is 36 feet. There was considerable flooding of fields and woods in the flood plain. A few county roads were impacted. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Mound City | - | Major flooding continued on the Ohio River from February into March. There was extensive flooding of low-lying woods, fields, and parks. The impacts were very similar to the March, 1997 flood. The river crested just a few inches above the flood crest of March, 1997 at the Cairo river gage. The exact crest at Cairo was 56.51 feet on the 1st. Areas not protected by levees were inundated. Since the crop season was not underway, agricultural losses were insignificant. Total property damage estimates can be found in the February report. |
| May 2019 | Flood | Mound City | - | Moderate flooding of the Ohio River continued through the month of May. Much of the flooding was due to backwater from the swollen Mississippi River. Considerable flooding of low-lying woods, fields, and parks persisted. Typically, this scale of flooding has a large impact on farming in the flood plain. Due to the lack of planted crops during this extended flood, there was little in the way of direct crop losses. |
| March 2015 | Flood | Mound City | - | Moderate flooding occurred on the Ohio River. At the Grand Chain river gage, the river crested at 51.50 feet on the 17th. Flood stage is 42 feet. This flood crest was nearly identical to the flood in May of 2010. Water reached the power house at old Lock and Dam 53. Low-lying woods, fields, and bottomlands were affected. |
| November 2013 | Funnel Cloud | Mound City | - | The funnel cloud was reported to be moving eastward. |
| May 2008 | Flash Flood | Mound City | - | Standing water was reported on several low-lying roads. The highway department was called for traffic control. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mound City | - | Large tree limbs were downed. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Mound City | - | Nickel size hail occurred near the Alexander County line. |
| April 2019 | Flood | Mound City | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Mound City | - | no account filed |
| October 2013 | Hail | Mound City | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Mound City | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Mound City | - | no account filed |
| January 2000 | Hail | Mound City | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Mound City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounds | 2.7 miles | 27 | |
| North Mounds | 3.3 miles | 27 | |
| Spencer Heights | 3.4 miles | 24 | |
| America | 4.2 miles | 25 | |
| Villa Ridge | 5.3 miles | 24 | |
| Pryortown | 7.3 miles | 24 | |
| Olmsted | 7.6 miles | 25 | |
| Pulaski | 9.1 miles | 24 |
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 Mound City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q576386 | 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 425213. 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.