BlockOmaha, Illinois
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Omaha Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62871. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Norris City quadrangle. 209 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 374 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresOmaha fell from 266 to 209 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 | 266 | |
| 2020 | 209 | -57 (-21%) |
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
10 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Omaha in 10 storm reports between 1997 and 2018: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Omaha | $100,000 | Widespread wind damage occurred across the county. Numerous trees and power lines were down. The roof was blown off the county high school. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Omaha | $15,000 | Trees and power lines were down across far northern Gallatin County from Omaha eastward to the Wabash River. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Omaha | $10,000 | Roofs and barns were damaged in the northern part of the county, near Omaha. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Omaha | $5,000 | Trees and power lines were down in northwest Gallatin County. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Omaha | $2,000 | A pole and line were down. |
| April 2014 | Flash Flood | Omaha | $2,000 | Major flash flooding was reported in the community. Highway 1 was under water. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Omaha | - | Flash flooding of some roads was reported, including State Routes 1 and 13. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Omaha | - | A spotter estimated gusts to 60 MPH along Route 1. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Omaha | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Omaha | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elba | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Cottonwood | 4.8 miles | 20 | |
| Ridgway | 6.7 miles | 18 | |
| New Market (historical) | 7.6 miles | 19 | |
| Inman | 7.8 miles | 19 | |
| New Haven | 9.3 miles | 20 | |
| Equality | 11.0 miles | 22 | |
| Lawler | 11.2 miles | 22 |
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 Omaha | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2227978 | 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 415115. 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.