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Depue, Illinois

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Selby Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61322. The Survey maps it on the Depue quadrangle. 1,633 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Depue within Bureau County

Population over time

2 figures

Depue fell from 1,838 to 1,633 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
20101,838
20201,633-205 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

8 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Depue between 2014 and 2015, burning about 17 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning3

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
10 July 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources14-0000049
17 June 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources15-0000065
3 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources15-0000051
5 April 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources15-0000044
1 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources15-0000035
30 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources15-0000032
30 March 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesSTAND6
20 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources15-0000028

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bureau County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Depue: 11 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Lead, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
Depue Phosphoric Acid PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer1973
New Jersey Zinc Depue PlantZinc, LeadPast Producer
Bureau Rawson Plant #6Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chiado Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Depue White City PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dieci PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Embs PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gedraitis PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gross PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Morine PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bureau County

Storms near this place

20 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Depue in 20 storm reports between 1999 and 2026: 11 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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
June 2010Thunderstorm WindDepue$100,000Severe thunderstorm winds uprooted a large tree, toplling it on the neighboring house.
September 1999LightningDepue$15,000Lightning was blamed for a blaze which partially damaged a hog confinement building. Lightning struck the building and blew a hole in the propane gas line, igniting the fire. Approximately 50 feet on the south side of the building was damaged while some sheeting on the roof buckled under the intense heat from the blaze. The building housed 500 hogs, none of which were injured or killed.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindDepue$10,000Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph snapped some power poles in Depue, IL at 1115 am May 31.
September 2005HailDepue$10,000no account filed
May 2004HailDepue$2,000no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindDepue$1,500Tree down on a house
April 2026Thunderstorm WindDepue-A tree was uprooted and fell on a home, but did not smash through the roof. Time estimated from radar data.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindDepue-Depue Fire reported trees and limbs down throughout town, some of which were blocking roadways. They also reported minor flooding. Time estimated using radar.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindDepue-Trees and several large branches downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2022Flash FloodDepue-A member of the public shared a video on social media showing street flooding in Dpue with water flooding an estimated 6 inches deep.
May 2020Flash FloodDepue-Three inches of rain fell in about 45 minutes over steep terrain, and caused significant flash flooding in De Pue, IL. Mudslides blocked roadways, and allowed water to overflow the creek in an urban area, which resulted in a fast moving flash flood that impacted numerous homes and businesses in De Pue.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindDepue-Trees were blown down across Route 29. The time of the report was estimated from radar.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindDepue-Law enforcement reported that a tree was down on Route 29. The time of the event was estimated using radar.
March 2016HailDepue-Hail was pea to dime sized.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindDepue-Wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph blew down numerous branches in Depue, IL at 650 pm CDT June 21.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindDepue-Law enforcement reported a power pole down near Depue.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindDepue-Tree limbs downed.
May 2015HailDepue-no account filed
April 2011HailDepue-no account filed
April 2003HailDepue-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bureau 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
Marquette2.4 miles13
Hollowayville2.9 miles13
Ottville3.0 miles13
Seatonville3.2 miles13
Bureau4.0 miles13
Coal Hollow4.1 miles13
Hicks Corners4.7 miles19
Spring Valley5.7 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 DepueAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1895067The 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 407138. 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.