BlockReynolds, Illinois
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Edgington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61279. The Survey maps it on the Reynolds quadrangle. 498 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 810 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresReynolds fell from 539 to 498 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 | 539 | |
| 2020 | 498 | -41 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1912 USGS Milan quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1944 USGS Milan quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Milan quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Reynolds quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Aledo quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Aledo quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Reynolds quadrangle1:24000
Storms near this place
12 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reynolds in 12 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2003 | Hail | Reynolds | $20,000 | North side of Illinois 94 |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reynolds | $5,000 | On the evening of the 14th, and the early morning hours of the 15th, numerous thunderstorms moved across the Mississippi River bringing with them isolated wind and hail storms. Reports were received of 50 and 60 mph winds and three-quarter inch to one inch hail, but damage was minor. At 0145 CST lightning struck a tree in Reynolds, Illinois, followed by wind damage to metal shed. Shortly before 0200 CST, Port Byron, Illinois reported three-quarter inch to one inch hail. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reynolds | $1,000 | Thunderstorms produced downburst winds which downed large trees just north of Reynolds. |
| March 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reynolds | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reynolds | - | Numerous tree branches blown down. |
| June 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Reynolds | - | This EF1 tornado, with maximum winds of 95 mph, tracked through Reynolds producing damage to mainly trees. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reynolds | - | A trained spotter reported several power outages, tree limbs down, and gutters blown off the house. The time of the event was estimated using radar. |
| November 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Reynolds | - | This tornado developed southwest of Joy in Mercer County, and entered Rock Island County about 3 miles west of Reynolds. The path in Rock Island County was a little over 6 miles and the tornado lifted near Taylor Ridge. The tornado was rated EF-1 in both Mercer and Rock Island Counties, with maximum winds around 100 mph. The tornado caused tree damage just south of Taylor Ridge. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reynolds | - | Whole trees and limbs were reported down near Reynolds. A roof was blown off of a hog confinement building, which became wrapped around a tree after blowing off. A barn roof was also reported blown off. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Reynolds | - | A public report via Facebook of golf ball sized hail. |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reynolds | - | Two machine sheds collapsed. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reynolds | - | Numerous reports of large tree limb damage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Ridge | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Edgington | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Castle Junction | 6.5 miles | 23 | |
| Oak Grove | 7.7 miles | 23 | |
| Coyne Center | 7.8 miles | 23 | |
| Andalusia | 8.0 miles | 19 | |
| Ginger Hill | 9.3 miles | 23 | |
| Buffalo Prairie | 9.8 miles | 14 |
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 Reynolds | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2054849 | 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 416566. 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.