BlockValley City, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Flint Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62340. It stands on Flint Creek. The Survey maps it on the Griggsville quadrangle. 14 people lived here at the 2020 count.
On record in Valley City
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Griggsville Landing Lime Kilnlisted 1999
Population over time
2 figuresValley City grew from 13 to 14 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 | 13 | |
| 2020 | 14 | +1 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1924 USGS Griggsville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1926 USGS Griggsville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Griggsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Meredosia quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Meredosia quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Griggsville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Valley City in 2014, burning about 1 acre in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 March 2014 | Smoking | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014-10 |
| 15 March 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014-08 |
| 29 January 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014-03 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Valley City: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valley City Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Valley City in 4 storm reports between 2000 and 2018: 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2018 | Tornado (EF1) | Valley City | - | The tornado began about 1 mile NNW of Valley City, IL. Along County Highway 21, trees were uprooted and a mobile home lost its roof and sustained wall damage. The tornado continued to the northeast, crossing County Highway 21 twice, before lifting. Along this path there was significant tree damage along the east side of Highway 21. Overall, the tornado was rated EF1 with a path length of 0.6 miles and a max path width of 110 yards. No injuries or deaths were reported with this tornado. |
| July 2009 | Flash Flood | Valley City | - | Two to four inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Several roads were flooded including a couple of streets in Milton. |
| September 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Valley City | - | A state trooper reported that a tornado briefly touched down in a field just north of Interstate 72 near Valley City. No damage or injuries were reported. |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valley 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Griggsville | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Florence | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Detroit | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Perry | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Chambersburg | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Maysville | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| Dutton (historical) | 8.1 miles | 12 | |
| Sunny Hill | 8.5 miles | 13 |
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 Valley City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2672451 | 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 423271. 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.