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Bellair, Illinois

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Licking Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62449. The Survey maps it on the Moriah quadrangle. It stands 551 feet above sea level.

Bellair within Crawford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

In the county-history sources

1,102 words on this township

ILLINOIS HISTORICAL CRAWFORD COUNTY, published 1909 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Licking Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Licking Township - 1,102 words.

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bellair: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Crawford County

Storms near this place

18 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bellair in 18 storm reports between 2005 and 2026: 8 flash flood, 6 flood, 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2008FloodBellair$300,000Rainfall on June 6th, ranging from 5 inches in central Crawford County near Robinson to more than 9 inches in northeast Crawford County near West York and York, produced extensive flooding in much of the county. Nearly 50 homes in rural parts of northern Crawford County sustained flood damage. Most roads north of State Route 33 were under water from late on June 6th to the 13th. Crawford County was declared a disaster area due to the extensive flooding.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindBellair$20,000Several trees were blown down along E 2000th Ave from Bellair to Annapolis.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindBellair$8,000Several power lines were blown down.
August 2021FloodBellair-Several county roads were closed due to water flowing across them.
May 2019Flash FloodBellair-Slow moving thunderstorms produced 3.00 to 4.00 inches of rain in about three hours during the late afternoon and early evening of May 29th. This resulted in rapid flash flooding of nearly all rural roads in extreme northern Crawford County. The town of Annapolis reported two feet of water across the entire community. The flooding subsided in most locations before midnight.
June 2018Flash FloodBellair-Heavy rain of 2.00 to 5.00 inches, falling onto already saturated ground, resulted in flash flooding in much of Crawford County from the late evening of June 11th into the early morning of June 12th. Several vehicles became trapped in the flood waters resulting in water rescues on rural roads in the northwest part of the county from Bellair to Oblong. Roads were also flooded in Robinson, Hutsonville and near Palestine. Much of the flooding subsided just after 4:00 am CDT.
May 2017Flash FloodBellair-Heavy rainfall of 1.00 to 2.00 inches during the morning hours of May 4th, on already saturated ground, resulted in flash flooding across Crawford County. Officials reported that most roads were impassable and numerous creeks rapidly flooded. The heaviest rain was in northeast Crawford County from Hutsonville to West York.
May 2017FloodBellair-Heavy rainfall of 1.00 to 2.00 inches during the morning hours of May 4th, on already saturated ground, resulted in flash flooding across Crawford County. Officials reported that most roads were impassable and numerous creeks rapidly flooded. The heaviest rain was in northeast Crawford County from Hutsonville to West York. Additional rainfall around 1.00 inch later in the day May 4th into May 5th caused creeks and roads to stay flooded for nearly 48 hours. Flood waters subsided by the afternoon on May 6th.
May 2017FloodBellair-Rain amounts of 3.00 to 4.50 inches in about a two hour period during the evening hours, on already saturated ground, resulted in flash flooding across much of Crawford County. Several streets in Oblong and Robinson were impassable. Numerous rural roads, highways and creeks in the county were flooded, particularly from Bellair to Annapolis in the northern part of the county. An additional 0.50 to 1.00 inch of rain occurred on April 30th, keeping many roads and creeks flooded. As a result, areal flooding continued until the late morning hours of May 1st.
April 2017Flash FloodBellair-Rain amounts of 3.00 to 4.50 inches in about a two hour period during the evening hours, on already saturated ground, resulted in flash flooding across much of Crawford County. Several streets in Oblong and Robinson were impassable. Numerous rural roads, highways and creeks in the county were flooded, particularly from Bellair to Annapolis in the northern part of the county.
April 2017FloodBellair-Rain amounts of 3.00 to 4.50 inches in about a two hour period during the evening hours, on already saturated ground, resulted in flash flooding across much of Crawford County. Several streets in Oblong and Robinson were impassable. Numerous rural roads, highways and creeks in the county were flooded, particularly from Bellair to Annapolis in the northern part of the county. An additional 0.50 to 1.00 inch of rain occurred on April 30th, keeping many roads and creeks flooded. As a result, areal flooding continued until the late morning hours of May 1st.
June 2015FloodBellair-Several periods of rainfall occurred as a result of the remnants of Tropical Storm Bill. Rainfall totals ranged from 3.00 to 5.00 on already saturated ground in much of Crawford County. Several creeks flooded out of their banks. Extensive flooding of rural roads was reported, especially north of Illinois Route 33. The periods of rainfall persisted through the rest of June 19th and into June 20th. This caused roadways and creeks to remain flooded. The flooding subsided by the late morning of June 20th.
June 2013Flash FloodBellair-Slow moving thunderstorms produced 2 to 4 inches of rain on already saturated ground during the early morning hours of June 1st. Most rural roads were flooded, with the worst flooding in the southeast half of the county. The flash flooding subsided by the early afternoon.
June 2013Flash FloodBellair-A thunderstorm produced rainfall rates of 2.00 to 3.00 inches per hour for just under one hour during the early afternoon. Numerous roads were flooded including Illinois Route 1 and 33, as well as several streets in the city of Robinson. Raccoon Creek near Hutsonville quickly came out of its banks and flooded a nearby bridge. The flooding quickly subsided during the early evening.
July 2011Flash FloodBellair-Heavy rainfall amounts of 3.00 to 6.00 inches during the evening hours of July 29th produced flash flooding in northern Crawford County. Many rural roads, as well as State Highway 1 from West York to Hutsonville, were impassable due to the accumulated water.
May 2009Flash FloodBellair-Heavy rain of 2.50 to 3.50 inches within two to three hours produced significant flash flooding of most roads across Crawford County. Many rural roads were closed to traffic due to high water, especially in the vicinity of Robinson.
February 2026HailBellair-no account filed
May 2005HailBellair-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Crawford County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Kibbie5.0 miles14
Dogwood6.1 miles14
Annapolis6.8 miles14
Porterville8.4 miles14
Oblong9.8 miles14
Stoy11.6 miles13
Oil Center13.4 miles13
Robinson14.4 miles14

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 BellairAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4883421The 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 404136. 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.