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Bellevue, Illinois

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Limestone Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61604. The Survey maps it on the Peoria West quadrangle. 1,878 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Bellevue within Peoria County

Population over time

2 figures

Bellevue fell from 1,978 to 1,878 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,978
20201,878-100 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

4,494 words on this township

The History of Peoria County, Illinois. Containing a History of the Northwest--history of Illinois--history of the County, Its Early Settlement, Growth, Development, Resources, Etc., Etc. .., published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Limestone Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Limestone Township - 4,494 words.

Fires near this place

8 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Bellevue in 2009, burning about 12 acres 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
Debris and open burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 March 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesMURR
23 March 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources9273
21 March 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources9270
21 March 2009Debris and open burning3.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesWORTH
21 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources269
20 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources261
20 March 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesDUNDEE
2 January 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources904

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Peoria County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Bellevue: 5 past producers, 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Joos Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jubilee Materials Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Peoria Blacktop Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Stevers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Peoria City PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Peoria County

Storms near this place

17 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bellevue in 17 storm reports between 2009 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2011Thunderstorm WindBellevue$110,000Power lines were blown down, power poles were snapped, there was extensive damage to trees, and some house roof damage was reported due to falling trees in the Lake Camelot subdivision.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindBellevue$50,000Several trees were blown down.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindBellevue$25,000Several trees were toppled, one of which fell onto power lines and caused a power outage in a subdivision near the Greater Peoria Airport.
November 2015Thunderstorm WindBellevue$3,000Two 6 to 8-inch diameter trees were blown down.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindBellevue-A tree was blown into power lines.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindBellevue-Two trees were blown down, and the power was knocked out in Bellevue.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindBellevue-A large tree was blown down.
March 2009Thunderstorm WindBellevue-Fencing was blown down at the Casey's on Plank Road.
February 2026HailBellevue-no account filed
February 2026HailBellevue-no account filed
February 2024HailBellevue-no account filed
March 2023HailBellevue-no account filed
April 2023HailBellevue-no account filed
August 2023Thunderstorm WindBellevue-no account filed
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBellevue-no account filed
September 2019HailBellevue-no account filed
June 2009HailBellevue-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Peoria 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
Maxwell1.1 miles19
Kickapoo1.6 miles19
Norwood1.8 miles19
Pottstown2.5 miles19
Bartonville2.8 miles19
West Peoria2.8 miles19
El Vista4.1 miles19
Golden Acres4.8 miles19

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 BellevueAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2310137The 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 404142. 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.