BlockWilkinson, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Mayfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60111. The Survey maps it on the Kirkland quadrangle. It stands 889 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1918 USGS Kirkland quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Kirkland quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
4,943 words on this townshipThe county-history sources names this settlement in its chapter on Mayfield Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Mayfield Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
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 Wilkinson: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floit Sand & Gravel Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilkinson in 6 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilkinson | $5,000 | Winds were estimated to 60 mph near Bethany Road and 1st Street. Small newly planted trees were blown down. Powerlines were also blown down in the city of DeKalb. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilkinson | $5,000 | A corn silo collapsed three miles north of Route 64 and 1st Street. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilkinson | $1,000 | Trees were blown down near Coltonville Road and 1st Street. Another tree was blown down near Bethany Road and 1st Street. The falling trees knocked down power lines. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilkinson | - | Three power poles were downed along Old State Rd between Five Points Rd and Church Rd west of Sycamore. |
| May 2020 | Flash Flood | Wilkinson | - | Route 64 at 1st street was impassible due to flood waters. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilkinson | - | 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 Wilkinson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8002531 | 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 423309. 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.