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.
Population over time
2 figuresBlandinsville 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 651 | |
| 2020 | 569 | -82 (-13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1918 USGS La Harpe quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Blandinsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
45 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2013 | Flash Flood | Blandinsville | $250,000 | Several 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 2009 | Flood | Blandinsville | $250,000 | Heavy 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 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Blandinsville | $150,000 | Rated F1 |
| May 2009 | Flood | Blandinsville | $100,000 | Heavy 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 2003 | Heavy Rain | Blandinsville | $100,000 | Street flooding |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blandinsville | $50,000 | Power 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 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Blandinsville | $20,000 | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Blandinsville | $10,000 | Relayed by media |
| April 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Blandinsville | $6,000 | An 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 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blandinsville | $1,200 | Numerous trees and power lines were downed in Blandinsville, Macomb, and Bushnell after strong thunderstorms roared across the county. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blandinsville | $500 | Large tree limbs were blown down at Blandisville and 70-mph winds were reported at Colmar. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blandinsville | - | Recorded gust with wind measuring equipment. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blandinsville | - | Several tree trunks snapped near the Twin Oaks Golf and Country Club. Winds estimated near 100 MPH. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blandinsville | - | Public high wind gust measurement. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blandinsville | - | A 68 mph wind gust was reported. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Blandinsville | - | The hail covered the ground and lasted 10 minutes. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Blandinsville | - | 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blandinsville | - | A trained spotter estimated 60 mph winds. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blandinsville | - | A trained spotter reported corn flattened. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Blandinsville | - | Quarter sized hail fell in Blandinsville, IL around 1150 pm June 1. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Blandinsville | - | 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blandinsville | - | Winds estimated to be 75 mph were observed southeast of Blandinsville. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Blandinsville | - | Water flowed over Illinois Route 9. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Blandinsville | - | All area creeks rose rapidly, with up to one foot of water on 350E near Blandinsville. |
| April 2006 | Heavy Rain | Blandinsville | - | Water ponded on the road. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Blandinsville | - | lots of nickel hail on the ground. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Blandinsville | - | On County Line Road |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blandinsville | - | 59 mph thunderstorm wind gust reported by trained spotter. |
| February 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blandinsville | - | 64 mph wind gust measured by trained spotter. |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blandinsville | - | 63 mph thunderstorm wind gust reported by storm spotter. |
| July 2000 | Flood | Blandinsville | - | Law enforcement reported minor street flooding. |
| June 1999 | Flood | Blandinsville | - | Several roads closed due to flooding. |
| July 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Blandinsville | - | Tornado sighted but no damage or injuries reported. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blandinsville | - | High winds reported and power lines flattened. |
| March 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blandinsville | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Blandinsville | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Blandinsville | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Blandinsville | - | no account filed |
| March 2016 | Hail | Blandinsville | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Blandinsville | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Blandinsville | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Blandinsville | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Blandinsville | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blandinsville | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Blandinsville | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Creek Settlement (historical) | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Sciota | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Ragtown (historical) | 8.0 miles | 14 | |
| Little Ireland (historical) | 8.7 miles | 20 | |
| Colchester | 9.8 miles | 14 | |
| Tennessee | 10.0 miles | 14 | |
| Good Hope | 10.2 miles | 17 | |
| Georgetown | 10.2 miles | 20 |
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 Blandinsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1965402 | 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 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.







