BlockSims, Illinois
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Arrington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62886. The Survey maps it on the Wayne City quadrangle. 166 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 410 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSims fell from 252 to 166 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 | 252 | |
| 2020 | 166 | -86 (-34%) |
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.
- 1947 USGS Wayne City quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Wayne City quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
5 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sims in 5 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2013 | Tornado (EF2) | Sims | $150,000 | This tornado touched down on the southwest side of Sims. It quickly intensified and destroyed a double wide mobile home on the northeast side of Sims. The tornado continued northeast and crossed Highway 15, producing tree and power pole damage. The tornado moved east across the Wayne County landfill, damaging the building on the grounds. The tornado continued into the north side of Fairfield, producing mainly minor damage to homes. Peak winds in this tornado were estimated near 135 mph. The maximum intensity was on the northeast side of Sims. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sims | $4,000 | A few trees and power lines were down. |
| January 2023 | Flood | Sims | - | Minor road flooding was reported. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Sims | - | Golf ball size hail was reported. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Sims | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Wayne City | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Covington | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Campbell | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Boyleston | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Keenes | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Mayberry | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Crisp | 6.5 miles | 9 |
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 Sims | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2672119 | 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 418538. 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.