Savoy, Illinois
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Champaign Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61874. The Survey maps it on the Bondville quadrangle. 8,857 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
2 figuresSavoy grew from 7,280 to 8,857 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 | 7,280 | |
| 2020 | 8,857 | +1,577 (+22%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1907 USGS Mahomet quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Bondville quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Mahomet quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Bondville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Bondville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Champaign quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1998 USGS Bondville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Savoy in 2007, burning about 130 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | not named |
| 22 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | not named |
| 2 September 2007 | Smoking | 10 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | not named |
| 18 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | not named |
| 11 August 2007 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | not named |
| 7 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | not named |
| 15 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | not named |
| 11 June 2007 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Savoy: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champaign City Hwy Dept | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Urbana City Eng | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Savoy in 17 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. The reports record 12 injuries. 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 1996 | Tornado (F3) | Savoy | 12 hurt, $9,000,000 | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Savoy | $100,000 | Numerous power poles were blown down on Rising Road 3 miles west of Savoy. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Savoy | $80,000 | Thirteen power poles were blown down near the intersection of County Roads 1200E and 1100N. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Savoy | $60,000 | Several power poles were snapped. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Savoy | $50,000 | Several power poles and power lines were blown down north of the intersection of Curtis and Duncan Roads. |
| August 2009 | Lightning | Savoy | $45,000 | A thunderstorm, with very heavy rainfall also produced a lightning strike which started a fire at a house near Savoy. The fire started on the roof and spread to the attic and ceiling of the uppermost floor of the house. Three people were in the house at the time of the lightning strike, and they all escaped uninjured. |
| June 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Savoy | $20,000 | A weak tornado touched down near Duncan Road and Rolling Acres Drive about 4.3 miles southwest of downtown Champaign at 2:19 PM CDT. The tornado snapped off the tops of trees and did minor damage to two properties before quickly dissipating in less than one minute about one tenth of a mile southeast of where it formed. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Savoy | $20,000 | Several trees were blown down in Savoy. |
| March 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Savoy | $8,000 | Four power poles were blown down at Old Church Road and Route 130. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Savoy | - | A large tree was snapped on Tomaras Avenue. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Savoy | - | Power lines were blown down on South Mattis Avenue. |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Savoy | - | Numerous pine trees were snapped or broken. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Savoy | - | A tree was blown over. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Savoy | - | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Hail | Savoy | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Savoy | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Savoy | - | 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 Savoy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q389382 | 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 418043. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.










