BlockRadom, Illinois
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Du Bois Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62876. The Survey maps it on the Ashley quadrangle. 183 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 533 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRadom fell from 220 to 183 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 | 220 | |
| 2020 | 183 | -37 (-17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1943 USGS Ashley quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Ashley quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Ashley quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Pinckneyville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Radom: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.H.Forester Shale Drill | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
5 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Radom in 5 storm reports between 1999 and 2006: 4 tornado, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Radom | - | A trained spotter reported that a tornado briefly touched down in a field near Radom. No damage or injuries were reported. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Radom | - | The third tornado from the Washington County Bow echo formed approximately 1/2 mile south of Radom and traveled northeast across the eastern part of town. Ten homes, one house trailer and several outbuildings sustained varying degrees of damage. The roof of Saint Michael's Catholic School was severely damaged by this tornado. Many large trees were also severed across the eastern part of town. The damage track ended approximately 1.5 miles east of Ashley Illinois. The overall damage path length was 4 miles with the width varying from 50 to 100 yards. Damage intensity associated with this tornado was rated F1. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Radom | - | The fourth tornado from the Washington County bow echo formed 1/2 mile east of Radom and damaged several outbuildings on a farmstead 3/4 mile northeast of Radom. This tornado traveled to the northeast and damaged many trees along its path. Outbuildings from two other farmsteads sustained varying degrees of damage from this tornado. The fourth tornado paralleled the third tornado damage track and dissipated 2.5 miles northeast of Radom near the Washington - Jefferson County line. Overall length of the damage track was 4.5 miles while damage width varied from 40 to 70 yards. Damage intensity of the fourth tornado was rated F1. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Radom | - | The fifth tornado from the Washington County bow echo formed 2.5 miles northeast of Radom and caused damage to a machine shed near the intersection of Highway 15 and County Road 1175. The fifth tornado paralleled the fourth tornado damage path. This tornado crossed the Washington - Jefferson county line and caused mainly tree damage along its path. Overall damage path length in Washington County was 0.5 miles with a damage width 60 yards. Damage intensity associated with this tornado was mainly rated F0. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Radom | - | 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 Radom | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2329868 | 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 416347. 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.