BlockBeaucoup, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Beaucoup Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62263. The Survey maps it on the Beaucoup quadrangle. It stands 535 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1931 USGS Hoyleton quadrangle1:48000
- 1932 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1936 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Beaucoup quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Pinckneyville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
3,139 words on this townshipHistory of Washington County, Illinois, published 1879 names this settlement in its chapter on Beaucoup Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Major J. White, one of the oldest settlers of Washington .county, lives in the vicinity. He came and settled in what was Washington county, near the present town of Carlyle, in 1818. He removed to the Beaucoup settle¬ ment in 1821, where he has since resided.
Passage source: History of Washington County, Illinois, published 1879.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
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 Beaucoup: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beaucoup in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaucoup | - | Thunderstorm winds caused damage to a farm building. |
| March 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaucoup | - | Thunderstorm winds snapped off numerous power poles at the base from Beaucoup to half a mile east of Beaucoup. |
| March 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Beaucoup | - | A tornado touched down about 3.5 miles south southwest of Beaucoup and travelled to the northeast. It blew down several trees and snapped numerous tree limbs along its path before lifting and dissipating about 3 miles south of Beaucoup. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Beaucoup | - | 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 Beaucoup | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4877433 | 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 404044. 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.