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Bellmont, Illinois

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Bellmont precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62811. The Survey maps it on the Bone Gap quadrangle. 247 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 423 feet above sea level.

Bellmont within Wabash County

Population over time

2 figures

Bellmont fell from 276 to 247 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
2010276
2020247-29 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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.

Fires near this place

1 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Bellmont in 2017, 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
Debris and open burning1

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
25 April 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources231

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wabash County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bellmont: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Albion Dredge and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Keensburg Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wabash County

Storms near this place

20 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bellmont in 20 storm reports between 2004 and 2022: 14 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. 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
July 2017Thunderstorm WindBellmont$80,000This damaging wind event continued east from Edwards County into Wabash County. Scattered straight-line wind damage was observed across much of central Wabash County from Mount Carmel west. Within the overall area of scattered damage, more concentrated damage was located in Bellmont. Hundreds of tree limbs and about a half-dozen trees were blown down. Downed trees and limbs damaged a couple of homes, barns, and garages. Several power poles were blown over. The only damage in Mt. Carmel itself consisted of a few large limbs down on the western edge of the city. Peak winds were estimated near 80 mph.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindBellmont$15,000In Mt. Carmel, wind gusts estimated from 60 to 65 mph destroyed a transformer and downed a large tree. The tree landed on a house, causing some roof damage. A vehicle and a television antenna sustained damage from the tree. In Bellmont, a trained spotter estimated a gust to 60 mph.
April 2006HailBellmont$3,000Nickel size hail covered the ground in Bellmont. Half dollar size hail fell in Mount Carmel. Hail damaged the side of at least one house just southwest of Mount Carmel. The ground was completely covered by hail in some places.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindBellmont$3,000Emergency management personnel estimated wind gusts to 60 MPH. In Mount Carmel, a large portion of a tree was blown down, taking down several utility lines. Traffic was detoured around the site. Power was interrupted for many residents for several hours.
August 2022HailBellmont-A severe thunderstorm produced a narrow swath of large hail west through south of Mt. Carmel. Ping-pong ball size hail was reported on Highway 15 just east of Bellmont. Quarter-size hail was reported on the south side of Mt. Carmel near the power plant.
February 2014Funnel CloudBellmont-A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud heading toward Bellmont.
July 2013Tornado (EF0)Bellmont-The tornado, just north of Bellmont, primarily impacted a grove of trees south of the Highway 15 and East 500th Road intersection. The tornado moved west, snapping tree branches and lofting them vertically as witnessed by a storm chaser. The storm chaser sent video of the tornado to the National Weather Service for review and confirmation. The storm chaser stated that other fog columns or low-hanging clouds were observed that day, but they did not rotate.
March 2012HailBellmont-The spotter had to pull over on Highway 15 due to the large hail.
March 2012HailBellmont-Golf ball size hail was reported.
September 2012HailBellmont-Quarter to golf ball size hail was reported.
March 2012HailBellmont-no account filed
May 2011Funnel CloudBellmont-no account filed
May 2011HailBellmont-no account filed
January 2008HailBellmont-no account filed
February 2006HailBellmont-no account filed
May 2006HailBellmont-no account filed
June 2006HailBellmont-no account filed
May 2005HailBellmont-no account filed
November 2005HailBellmont-no account filed
July 2004HailBellmont-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wabash 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
Maud3.1 miles20
Keensburg3.3 miles19
New Hope (historical)3.3 miles18
Logansburgh (historical)3.4 miles19
Schrodts Station4.6 miles20
Rochester5.2 miles19
Cowling5.3 miles19
Gards Point6.2 miles18

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 BellmontAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1933258The 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 404144. 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.