BlockCullom, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Sullivan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60929. The Survey maps it on the Cullom quadrangle. 520 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 683 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCullom fell from 555 to 520 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 | 555 | |
| 2020 | 520 | -35 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1947 USGS Cullom quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Cullom quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Cullom quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Fairbury quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1998 USGS Cullom quadrangle1:24000
Storms near this place
11 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cullom in 11 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cullom | - | An Ambient Weather station recorded a 60 mph gust near Cullom. |
| July 2025 | Funnel Cloud | Cullom | - | A photo showed a funnel cloud roughly two thirds of the way to the ground. |
| December 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cullom | - | Multiple large tree limbs were blown down on the east side of Cullom. A video shared via broadcast media showed a brief burst of strong winds blowing tree debris around. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cullom | - | The Pontiac communications center relayed a report of tree damage along Route 116 in Cullom. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cullom | - | Local media relayed a report of multiple power lines down and a damaged shed between Saunemin and Cullom. Time was estimated based on radar. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cullom | - | Large tree downed. Time estimated by radar. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cullom | - | A tree was blown down along Route 116. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Cullom | - | A brief, narrow tornado occurred along a 1 mile path on County Road 1700 North, from County Road 3100 East to about 3200 East. This is about 3.5 to 2.5 miles west of Cullom. There was minor damage to trees and a farm building. |
| May 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Cullom | - | A tornado was reported on the ground near Cullom by the fire department. There was no damage. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Cullom | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Cullom | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saxon (historical) | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Sullivan Center (historical) | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Charlotte | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Griswold | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Scovel | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Saunemin | 7.3 miles | 13 | |
| Emington | 7.9 miles | 13 | |
| Wing | 8.1 miles | 13 |
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 Cullom | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2475047 | 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 406881. 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.