BlockMounds, Illinois
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Mounds precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62964. The Survey maps it on the Cairo quadrangle. 661 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 328 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresMounds fell from 1,117 to 661 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,117 | |
| 2010 | 810 | -307 (-27%) |
| 2020 | 661 | -149 (-18%) |
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
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 Mounds: 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
20 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mounds in 20 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mounds | $40,000 | A semi trailer rig were blown over on Interstate 57 near Mounds. In Mounds, 25 to 30 trees were blown down, shingles were torn off a few roofs, and windows were blown out. Several roofs were blown off in Mound City. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mounds | $20,000 | More than ten trees were blown down, some of which brought power lines down. |
| March 1997 | Flash Flood | Mounds | $20,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mounds | $8,000 | Trees were down on Shumaker Road just west of Interstate 57, as well as other unspecified locations throughout the county. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mounds | $8,000 | Wind damage occurred to grain bins and farm equipment. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mounds | $6,000 | Two trees were down on Highway 936 just south of Villa Ridge. Trees were down across U.S. Highway 51 between Mounds and Villa Ridge. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mounds | $5,000 | Numerous trees were blown down at Mounds. A couple of houses were damaged by falling trees. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mounds | $3,000 | Power lines were blown down. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mounds | $2,000 | Two trees were blown down. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mounds | $2,000 | Power lines were blown down in the south area of Mounds. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Mounds | - | Hail measured to baseball size fell in Mounds with the passage of a supercell storm. No damages were noted with this report. |
| December 2015 | Heavy Rain | Mounds | - | There were some county road closures due to water over them, but they were routine. |
| February 2012 | Tornado (EF2) | Mounds | - | The EF2 tornado touched down just southwest of Mounds, moved east-northeast through Mounds, and crossed Interstate 57 near exit 8. A cross arm was ripped off a railroad sign and driven into a vehicle. The tornado crossed the Ohio River near the town of America, where it proceeded to cause damage in Ballard County, Kentucky. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mounds | - | Trees were reported down in the community of Mounds. |
| June 1999 | Flash Flood | Mounds | - | Thunderstorms produced torrential downpours, enough to cover some roads with water. Trained spotters reported water over West Mounds Blacktop and other roads. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mounds | - | Trees were down. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Mounds | - | The hail covered the ground to a depth of three inches. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Mounds | - | no account filed |
| February 2007 | Hail | Mounds | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mounds | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Mounds | 0.6 miles | 27 | |
| Spencer Heights | 0.9 miles | 24 | |
| Mound City | 2.7 miles | 27 | |
| Villa Ridge | 3.1 miles | 24 | |
| America | 4.3 miles | 25 | |
| Pryortown | 5.9 miles | 24 | |
| Pulaski | 6.9 miles | 24 | |
| Olmsted | 7.4 miles | 25 |
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 Mounds | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q575609 | 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 425215. 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.