BlockNoble, Illinois
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Noble Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62868. The Survey maps it on the Noble quadrangle. 633 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 478 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresNoble fell from 677 to 633 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 | 677 | |
| 2020 | 633 | -44 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1949 USGS Olney quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Noble quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Olney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
19 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Noble in 19 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 1 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Noble | $70,000 | Straight line winds blew numerous trees and power lines down from Noble eastward through Calhoun and Claremont between 4:10 PM CDT and 4:45 PM CDT. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Noble | $50,000 | A mobile home was overturned. The Noble High School roof was partially peeled off. Trees and branches were blown down on the north side of town. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Noble | $20,000 | The steeple of a church was was torn off in West Salem. Numerous large tree limbs were blown down in Olney. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Noble | $20,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Noble | - | Several small tree limbs were blown down. |
| February 2008 | Flash Flood | Noble | - | Several roads were flooded across Richland county. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Noble | - | Modular home shifted off its foundation and pole barn damaged in Noble. House lost its roof near Olney. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Noble | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees in Noble, Olney, and Parkersburg. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Noble | - | A line of severe thunderstorms moved through Richland County. Numerous trees, tree limbs, and power lines were blown down in Noble, Olney, and 4 miles north northeast of Claremont. In Noble, a shed was destroyed and a tree fell onto a house causing minor damage. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Noble | - | Numerous trees, power poles, and power lines downed throughout the county. One vehicle sustained moderate damage when a tree fell onto it in Olney. Just west of Olney a tree fell onto a mobile home causing minor damage. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Noble | - | no account filed |
| March 2023 | Hail | Noble | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Noble | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Noble | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Noble | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Noble | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Noble | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Noble | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Noble | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pureton | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Glenwood (historical) | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Wilsonburg (historical) | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Schnell | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Fransonia (historical) | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Gallagher | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Watertown (historical) | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Passport | 6.4 miles | 10 |
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 Noble | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2189326 | 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 414542. 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.
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.