BlockParkersburg, Illinois
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Madison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62452. The Survey maps it on the West Salem quadrangle. 186 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 479 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresParkersburg fell from 199 to 186 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 | 199 | |
| 2020 | 186 | -13 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 West Salem quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Olney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Parkersburg: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N.Parkersburg Shale Exposure | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parkersburg in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkersburg | $35,000 | Seven trees were uprooted and windows were blown out of a house. Grain bins and a storage shed were also damaged. |
| March 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkersburg | $35,000 | A roof was torn off a trailer in Parkersburg, and a pole barn was destroyed 3 miles east of Claremont. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkersburg | - | Power lines were blown down. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Parkersburg | - | Water was flowing across Route 130 just north of Parkersburg. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkersburg | - | A 6-inch diameter tree limb was blown down in Parkersburg. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkersburg | - | Several power lines were blown down one mile north of Parkersburg. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkersburg | - | Thunderstorm winds destroyed a barn near Parkersburg, as well as, blowing down several trees and power lines in the Parkersburg and Berryville areas. One tree fell onto a trailer in Bonpas, though no injuries were reported. No damage estimate was available. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seminary | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Calhoun | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Elbow | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Fransonia (historical) | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Gallagher | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Berryville | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Wynoose | 8.8 miles | 10 | |
| Watertown (historical) | 9.7 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 Parkersburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2672417 | 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 415402. 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.