BlockSpringerton, Illinois
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Mill Shoals Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62887. The Survey maps it on the Springerton quadrangle. 101 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 394 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSpringerton fell from 110 to 101 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 | 110 | |
| 2020 | 101 | -9 (-8%) |
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.
- 1941 USGS Enfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Enfield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Springerton quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Springerton in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Springerton | $50,000 | A weak, short-lived tornado with top winds of 70 to 75 MPH caused extensive damage in Springerton. Numerous trees and power poles were snapped, some landing on homes and businesses. Roofs were blown off several homes, front porches were blown off, and a few machine sheds were blown away. Many headstones in a local cemetery were overturned. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springerton | $20,000 | As the surging storm line crossed into White County, several power poles on the east side of the county line fell or snapped. Other power poles were leaning. |
| February 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springerton | $10,000 | The front section of an old school building was knocked down. |
| October 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springerton | $1,000 | A spotter estimated 60 mph winds in Springerton. |
| February 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Springerton | - | A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud heading toward Springerton. |
| February 2014 | Hail | Springerton | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Springerton | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Springerton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springer Station | 0.1 miles | 9 | |
| McIntosh Settlement (historical) | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Mill Shoals | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Enfield | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Burnt Prairie | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| Bingman Station | 8.8 miles | 9 | |
| Centerville | 10.1 miles | 9 | |
| Sacramento | 10.2 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 Springerton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2181672 | 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 419003. 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.