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Blandinsville, Illinois

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Blandinsville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61420. The Survey maps it on the Blandinsville quadrangle. 569 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 728 feet above sea level.

Blandinsville within McDonough County

Population over time

2 figures

Blandinsville fell from 651 to 569 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
2010651
2020569-82 (-13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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.

Storms near this place

45 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blandinsville in 45 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 16 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 5 flash flood, 4 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
April 2013Flash FloodBlandinsville$250,000Several rounds of heavy rain-producing showers and thunderstorms resulted in flash flooding across much of Mc Donough County from mid afternoon on April 17 through the morning of April 18.
May 2009FloodBlandinsville$250,000Heavy rains from May 13th to May 15th resulted in the La Moine River near Colmar going above the moderate flood stage level of 22 feet around 9 pm on May 15 and the major flood stage level of 24 feet around 1:30 am on May 17. It crested around 24.84 feet around 6 pm on May 17. It fell back below the major flood stage level around 10:30 am on May 18 and the moderate flood stage level around 6 am on May 19. The East Fork of the La Moine River also flooded, resulting in several road closures due to the river flowing over roadways.
April 2006Tornado (F1)Blandinsville$150,000Rated F1
May 2009FloodBlandinsville$100,000Heavy rains during the last four days of April resulted in the La Moine River near Colmar going above the moderate flood stage level of 22 feet on May 1 around 9:30 am. It crested around 22.8 feet around 2 am May 2. It fell back below the moderate flood stage level around 1 am May 3.
May 2003Heavy RainBlandinsville$100,000Street flooding
May 2004Thunderstorm WindBlandinsville$50,000Power lines down; one trailer home destroyed and another is missing a roof; semi overturned with a propane tank moved off its foundation. A shed was tipped over.
April 1997Tornado (F1)Blandinsville$20,000no account filed
April 2006HailBlandinsville$10,000Relayed by media
April 2025Tornado (EF1)Blandinsville$6,000An EF-1 tornado started just south of Blandinsville and tracked to NE along a 7 mile path. Tree damage was noted at numerous locations with large branches and some trees snapped. Power poles in two locations were snapped, resulting in an estimated max wind speed of 100 MPH.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindBlandinsville$1,200Numerous trees and power lines were downed in Blandinsville, Macomb, and Bushnell after strong thunderstorms roared across the county.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindBlandinsville$500Large tree limbs were blown down at Blandisville and 70-mph winds were reported at Colmar.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindBlandinsville-Recorded gust with wind measuring equipment.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBlandinsville-Several tree trunks snapped near the Twin Oaks Golf and Country Club. Winds estimated near 100 MPH.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBlandinsville-Public high wind gust measurement.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindBlandinsville-A 68 mph wind gust was reported.
April 2020HailBlandinsville-The hail covered the ground and lasted 10 minutes.
June 2015Flash FloodBlandinsville-County dispatch reports that street flooding in the city of Macomb is up to a foot deep on some roads. Other water issues also were reported in other parts of the county.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindBlandinsville-A trained spotter estimated 60 mph winds.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindBlandinsville-A trained spotter reported corn flattened.
June 2010HailBlandinsville-Quarter sized hail fell in Blandinsville, IL around 1150 pm June 1.
July 2010Flash FloodBlandinsville-Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding of Route 9 about 3 miles east of La Harpe, IL during the late night of July 19 and morning of July 20. The flood water was about 1 foot deep and several area ditches were overflowing.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindBlandinsville-Winds estimated to be 75 mph were observed southeast of Blandinsville.
June 2007Flash FloodBlandinsville-Water flowed over Illinois Route 9.
June 2007Flash FloodBlandinsville-All area creeks rose rapidly, with up to one foot of water on 350E near Blandinsville.
April 2006Heavy RainBlandinsville-Water ponded on the road.
July 2006HailBlandinsville-lots of nickel hail on the ground.
May 2004HailBlandinsville-On County Line Road
June 2001Thunderstorm WindBlandinsville-59 mph thunderstorm wind gust reported by trained spotter.
February 2000Thunderstorm WindBlandinsville-64 mph wind gust measured by trained spotter.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindBlandinsville-63 mph thunderstorm wind gust reported by storm spotter.
July 2000FloodBlandinsville-Law enforcement reported minor street flooding.
June 1999FloodBlandinsville-Several roads closed due to flooding.
July 1997Tornado (F0)Blandinsville-Tornado sighted but no damage or injuries reported.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindBlandinsville-High winds reported and power lines flattened.
March 2024Thunderstorm WindBlandinsville-no account filed
May 2024HailBlandinsville-no account filed
July 2021HailBlandinsville-no account filed
July 2021HailBlandinsville-no account filed
March 2016HailBlandinsville-no account filed
June 2010HailBlandinsville-no account filed
March 2007HailBlandinsville-no account filed
June 2002HailBlandinsville-no account filed
May 1998HailBlandinsville-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindBlandinsville-no account filed
July 1994HailBlandinsville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in McDonough 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
Spring Creek Settlement (historical)4.9 miles16
Sciota6.1 miles16
Ragtown (historical)8.0 miles14
Little Ireland (historical)8.7 miles20
Colchester9.8 miles14
Tennessee10.0 miles14
Good Hope10.2 miles17
Georgetown10.2 miles20

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 BlandinsvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1965402The 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 404553. 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.

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.