BlockPhilo, Illinois
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Philo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61864. It lies near Yankee Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Urbana quadrangle. 1,392 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 733 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresPhilo fell from 1,466 to 1,392 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 | 1,466 | |
| 2020 | 1,392 | -74 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 24 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.
- 1906 USGS Urbana quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1957 USGS Urbana quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Urbana quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Urbana quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Champaign quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1998 USGS Urbana quadrangle1:24000
Storms near this place
28 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Philo in 28 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 12 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 lightning. 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 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Philo | $90,000 | Thunderstorm winds tore out the entire west side of one home, destroyed the framing members of a house under construction, damaged a garage, and blew a mobile home off of its foundation. In all six homes, two barns, a trailer, and a shed were damaged 3 miles southwest of Philo. No injuries were reported and damage was estimated around $90,000. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Philo | $45,000 | A 24-inch diameter 40-foot tall tree was blown down onto 3 cars in Philo. Other tree damage occurred near Jefferson and Adams Streets. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Philo | $25,000 | Power lines were blown down and corn crops were damaged. |
| May 2011 | Lightning | Philo | $20,000 | A late afternoon thunderstorm produced a lightning strike which damaged a garage and automobile. The vehicle sustained minor damage, but the garage and its contents had major fire damage. |
| March 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Philo | $20,000 | The roof of a machine shed was ripped off near Philo. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Philo | $15,000 | Several small trees were blown down and one power pole was snapped off. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Philo | - | A large tree was blown down onto a chain link fence, causing damage to the fence. A photo of the damage was shared via social media. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Philo | - | Large trees were snapped and corn was flattened. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Philo | - | Several tree branches were blown down. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Philo | - | A large tree branch was blown down. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Philo | - | Several tree limbs were blown down. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Philo | - | Tree blown down. |
| April 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Philo | - | A tornado briefly touched down in a field. No damage or injuries were reported. |
| June 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Philo | - | A tornado briefly touched down in a field. No damage or injuries were reported. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Philo | - | Extensive damage was reported as a result of a collapsing thunderstorm in the area. In Philo, a sunroom was taken off of a house and blown into a neighbor's house. Large tree limbs were blown down and roof damage was also noted in Philo, as well as in Sidney. In Homer, 8 to 12 inch diameter trees were broken off, along with several being uprooted. A porch was removed from a house and playground equipment was lifted out of the ground. Exact damage locations were from CR 1600E and 1000N east to 1050N and 2800 E. Wind gust was measured at the Champaign Airport by ASOS. |
| August 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Philo | - | A brief touchdown was noted over an open field by an University of Illinois student and his wife. No damage was reported. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Philo | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Philo | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Philo | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Philo | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Philo | - | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Hail | Philo | - | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Hail | Philo | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Philo | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Philo | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Philo | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Philo | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Philo | - | 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.
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 Philo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2672392 | 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 415617. 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.