BlockTilden, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Tilden precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62292. The Survey maps it on the Tilden quadrangle. 750 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
2 figuresTilden fell from 934 to 750 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 | 934 | |
| 2020 | 750 | -184 (-20%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1914 USGS Coulterville quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Coulterville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Tilden quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Pinckneyville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
15 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tilden in 15 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 tornado, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Tilden | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tilden | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and numerous tree limbs between Tilden and Coulterville. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Tilden | - | Up to 6 inches of rain fell onto already saturated soils causing flash flooding. Several roads were flooded including Houston Road where it goes over Plum Creek. There was at least a foot of water over the bridge in this location. |
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Tilden | - | A tornado initially touched down just southeast of the intersection of Illinois Routes 4 and 13. The tornado travelled to the east along and south of Route 13. One large tree on a farmstead was snapped near the base of the tree. The tornado moved into the west side of Tilden where several large tree limbs were blown down. A large tree limb crashed through the backside of a machine shed just east of Duck Lane. The tornado then tracked just to the north of Route 13 and damaged the roofs of three homes and one building. Also, two garages had large trees fall on them and a small shed was damaged. Debris from the building and shed were tossed approximately 50 to 100 yards to the east and northeast. Additional trees and tree limbs were blown down in this area. As it continued to the east, the tornado only caused minor damage til it reached the east side of town. Northwest of the intersection of Route 9 and Prest Road a small machine shed was destroyed. The tornado then lifted and dissipated. |
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Tilden | - | Another tornado formed south of the Tilden tornado...south of Route 13 along Walnut Street. One large tree fell onto a garage causing major damage. A nearby home sustained minor roof damage. Several other trees were damaged along and east of Walnut Street in an open field. As it travelled to the east it damaged more trees in a cemetery just north of Route 13 before lifting and dissipating. |
| February 2006 | Hail | Tilden | - | A storm spotter reported 1 inch hail. |
| March 2020 | Hail | Tilden | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Tilden | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tilden | - | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Hail | Tilden | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tilden | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tilden | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tilden | - | no account filed |
| January 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tilden | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tilden | - | 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 Tilden | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2062848 | 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 419713. 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.