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Murrayville, Illinois

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Murrayville precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62668. The Survey maps it on the Manchester quadrangle. 567 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 692 feet above sea level.

Murrayville within Morgan County

Population over time

2 figures

Murrayville fell from 587 to 567 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
2010587
2020567-20 (-3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

4 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Murrayville between 2008 and 2019, burning about 56 acres 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/undetermined3
Debris and open burning1

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
18 March 2019Debris and open burning5.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources19112 GRASS FIRE 855 MASEY LN
5 November 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesWATERTOWER
29 November 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesFRISCH
9 October 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesI72 67

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Murrayville: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Morgan County

Storms near this place

22 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Murrayville in 22 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 5 hail, 3 flash flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
May 2000Thunderstorm WindMurrayville1 hurt, $30,000Thunderstorm winds created a path of damage across southern Morgan County. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. In Woodson, a tree fell onto a house causing minor damage. No one in the home was injured. Further northeast on the southeast side of Lake Jacksonville, a tree fell onto a home causing major damage. One of the home's occupants sustained minor injuries after being trapped beneath the debris.
March 2006Tornado (F2)Murrayville1 hurtContinuation of tornado from Scott county. Tornado continued into Sangamon county.
August 2009Tornado (EF1)Murrayville$320,000The tornado crossed from Scott County into Morgan County, then lifted 3.5 miles southwest of Franklin at 135 PM CST. Widespread tree and crop damage occurred along its path. Numerous grain bins and sheds were also damaged. The tornado reached a maximum width of 250 yards as it moved across extreme western Morgan County.
July 2015Flash FloodMurrayville$200,000Several periods of heavy rain during the late afternoon of July 11th produced total rainfall amounts of 3.00 to 7.00 inches of rain in southwest Morgan County. This resulted in flash flooding which made all rural roads impassable from northwest of Murrayville to the county line with Greene County and Macoupin County. A rural road near Murrayville was also washed out due to the excessive rainfall and flooding.
May 2000Tornado (F1)Murrayville$44,000A tornado touched down just southwest of Murrayville then moved northeast through town. It lifted and dissipated one mile northeast of town. In town, a large tree was blown over onto a home causing major damage to it and a car parked nearby. None of the home's occupants were injured. A garage was destroyed and the two vehicles parked in it were damaged. Also, a lumber yard was destroyed. On the northeast side of town a grain bin was destroyed and a church lost seven stained glass windows. Also, it sustained minor roof damage. Throughout town numerous trees, tree limbs, and power lines were blown down.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindMurrayville$35,000Several trees and power lines were blown down.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindMurrayville$12,000Several two to four-inch diameter tree limbs were blown down in Murrayville.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindMurrayville$10,000Trees were blown down across U.S. 267 just north of Whitlock Road.
June 2021Flash FloodMurrayville-Route 267 at New Lake Road just south of Jacksonville and Route 104 near Franklin were both flooded and closed. A car was submerged in high water on Route 67 northwest of Murrayville.
July 2015Flash FloodMurrayville-Several rounds of slow moving thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall amounts of 4.00 to 7.00 inches of rain in extreme southwest Morgan County during the early morning of July 19th. This area was already saturated from flooding which occurred one week prior. Thus, flash flooding quickly developed which flooded most rural roads southwest and south of Murrayville, and along and west of Illinois Route 267 near the Greene County line.
July 2015FloodMurrayville-Several periods of heavy rain during the late afternoon of July 11th produced total rainfall amounts of 3.00 to 7.00 inches of rain in southwest Morgan County. This resulted in flash flooding which made all rural roads impassable from northwest of Murrayville to the county line with Greene County and Macoupin County. A rural road near Murrayville was also washed out due to the excessive rainfall and flooding. Due to additional rainfall and the extent of the flash flooding, many roads remained closed through the early morning hours. The flood waters subsided by late morning on July 12th.
March 2006Tornado (F1)Murrayville-Continuation of tornado from Scott county. The damage across Scott and Morgan counties consisted primarily of damage to trees, power poles, and outbuildings, as well as mainly minor damage to homes and businesses. No injuries or fatalities were reported. Total tornado path length 9.8 miles in WFO Central Illinois service area.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindMurrayville-Numerous trees and tree limbs blown down.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindMurrayville-Large tree blown down.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindMurrayville-Several trees were blown down.
June 2002Tornado (F0)Murrayville-An Illinois State Trooper saw a tornado briefly touch down in a field west of Murrayville. No injuries or damage were reported.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindMurrayville-The southern bow echo storm moved into Morgan County 3 miles southwest of Murrayville and moved northeast across the county. Numerous trees, tree limbs, power poles, and power lines were blown down. No injuries were reported.
March 2024HailMurrayville-no account filed
March 2024HailMurrayville-no account filed
June 2019HailMurrayville-no account filed
May 2009HailMurrayville-no account filed
January 2008HailMurrayville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Morgan 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
Woodson3.5 miles12
Clements5.8 miles12
Nortonville6.2 miles12
Davis (historical)6.7 miles12
South Jacksonville8.6 miles12
Lynnville8.6 miles12
Pisgah8.8 miles12
Rees9.1 miles12

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 MurrayvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2672323The 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 414257. 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.