BlockStandard City, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Nilwood Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62640. The Survey maps it on the Carlinville East quadrangle. 135 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 636 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresStandard City fell from 152 to 135 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 | 152 | |
| 2020 | 135 | -17 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1923 USGS Carlinville quadrangle1:48000
- 1925 USGS Carlinville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1931 USGS Carlinville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Carlinville East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Litchfield quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
1,043 words on this townshipHistory of Macoupin County, Illinois : Biographical and Pictorial, published 1911 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Nilwood Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Nilwood Township - 1,043 words.
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 Standard City: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelby Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Shelbyville Shale Exposure | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
6 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Standard City in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Standard City | $50,000 | A brief, weak tornado touched down 2.7 miles south of Standard City, to the west of Standard City Road. crossing Standard City Road. In this location it caused moderate roof damage to three farm buildings before moving to the south southeast. It crossed Standard City Road and broke several large limbs off of trees before lifting and dissipating. Overall, the tornado was rated EF1 (max wind speed of 95 mph) with a path length of 0.23 miles and a max path width of 75 yards. No deaths or injuries were reported. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Standard City | - | Thunderstorm wind destroyed an 80 by 60 foot pole shed near the intersection of 2400N and 1900E. Debris from the shed took down nearby power lines and debris was sticking out of a home that is east of the shed. |
| March 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Standard City | - | Thunderstorm winds caused widespread damage from four miles west of Standard City to about a mile north of Standard City to about 5 miles northeast of Standard City. West of Standard City several outbuildings and grains bins were destroyed and several power poles were snapped off along Standard City Road. North of Standard City, three empty rail cars were blown off the train tracks. Further to the north and east, several small outbuildings were damaged or destroyed and power lines blown down. At the intersection of Boston Chapel Road and Waggoner Road, the thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree onto the road. |
| September 2017 | Hail | Standard City | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Standard City | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Standard City | - | 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 Standard City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2524076 | 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 422381. 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.