BlockNorris City, Illinois
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Indian Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62869. The Survey maps it on the Norris City quadrangle. 1,145 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 420 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresNorris City fell from 1,275 to 1,145 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 | 1,275 | |
| 2020 | 1,145 | -130 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 18 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.
- 1905 USGS Eldorado quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Eldorado quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Eldorado quadrangle1:62500
- 1963 USGS Norris City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
26 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Norris City in 26 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 14 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Norris City | $200,000 | This tornado formed in rural farm country several miles southwest of Carmi, then tracked northeast across residential areas in the southeast and east central parts of the city of Carmi. At least a dozen houses received shingle damage, mostly in Carmi. A few large sheds were extensively damaged, one of which was completely destroyed. Some of the debris from a shed was blown into an assisted living center in Carmi. Dozens of trees were uprooted or snapped, some of which blocked roads. One small johnboat was blown into a pond. Power poles and lines were down along the path. Peak winds based on a storm damage survey were estimated near 100 mph. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norris City | $150,000 | The rubber roofing was blown off the high school gym in Norris City. The gym was further damaged by rainwater. Falling trees damaged several homes in the area. A metal carport was flipped over. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norris City | $30,000 | Trees and tree limbs were blown down. A gate was damaged. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norris City | $30,000 | The damage from this microburst was most focused around and south of Sandy Run Lake. The damage began near the Hamilton-White County line and continued to east of Highway 1, where the damage became more sporadic. Many dozens of trees, some large, were uprooted or broken. Trees were down along Highway 1. At least two homes were damaged due to falling trees. One was a mobile home on Highway 300 North and another on Sandy Run Lake. A brief tornado with identical peak winds of 85 mph occurred on the north edge of the microburst area. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norris City | $25,000 | As a thunderstorm line swept through Norris City, several trees were downed including one that fell onto a house causing considerable damage to the structure. Sections of fencing were also damaged. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norris City | $20,000 | Two grain bins, with capacities of 15,000 and 4,000 bushels, were demolished. A one-story home just northeast of the grain bins was unroofed. Trees were down. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norris City | $8,000 | Large trees fell on two different mobile homes in the town. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norris City | $7,000 | A resident reported some shingle and siding damage to a house. There was also a three to four-foot diameter tree that was down. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norris City | $5,000 | Several trees were down between Norris City and Omaha. |
| June 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Norris City | $5,000 | The tornado began due west of Norris City along the Hamilton County line, then tracked almost due north. The track was through corn fields of extreme western White County. At least dozens of acres of corn were flattened or blown over. Several large tree limbs were broken. A small shed was blown over. A small section of vinyl fence was broken. A tree was uprooted. The tornado was videotaped by a storm chaser. Peak winds were estimated near 85 mph. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norris City | $5,000 | Numerous large limbs were blown down in the vicinity of Norris City. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norris City | $4,000 | Thunderstorm winds broke off a light pole at the high school track field. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norris City | $3,000 | A tree was uprooted and a power line was down. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norris City | - | A trained spotter reported 60 mph winds along an outflow boundary as it moved through town. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Norris City | - | Ping pong ball size hail was reported at Norris City. Quarter-size hail fell near the Hamilton County line off U.S. Highway 45 near Gossett. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norris City | - | A trained spotter estimated the wind gusted to at least 60 mph. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norris City | - | A wind gust to 60 mph was estimated by a trained spotter. |
| November 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Norris City | - | A short-lived, weak tornado was observed by the general public between the municipal reservoirs. No damage was reported. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Norris City | - | Hail from dime to quarter size was reported by numerous people. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Norris City | - | Tennis ball size hail fell. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Norris City | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Norris City | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Norris City | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Norris City | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Norris City | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Norris 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacramento | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Middlepoint | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Stokes | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Gossett | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Iron | 4.7 miles | 20 | |
| Roland | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Brownsville | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Herald | 7.9 miles | 20 |
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 Norris City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2189589 | 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 414555. 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.