BlockKell, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Haines Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62853. The Survey maps it on the Kell quadrangle. 173 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 603 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresKell fell from 219 to 173 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 | 219 | |
| 2020 | 173 | -46 (-21%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1933 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:48000
- 1933 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1940 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Kell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
11 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kell in 11 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 tornado. The reports record 4 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Kell | 4 hurt | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kell | $50,000 | Numerous large trees were blown down from Kell extending eastward to the county line. One tree fell on a garage in Kell heavily damaging it. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kell | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees, tree limbs and power lines down in Kell. Five miles east northeast of Kell, a pole barn was blown over. |
| October 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Kell | - | The tornado crossed the Jefferson/Marion County line from WFO Paducah's county warning area into WFO St. Louis's CWA (Walnut Hill Road) about two tenths of a mile west of the intersection of Walnut Hill Road and North Tulip Lane. In this area several large trees were blown over. The tornado continued to move north northeast. It caused moderate roof damage to an outbuilding and destroyed a carport on Kell Road, about seven tenths of a mile east of Kell. The tornado then lifted and dissipated. The path length in Marion County was 1.05 miles with a max path width of 75 yards. This section of the tornado was rated EF1. Overall, the path length was 3.5 miles with a max path width of 100 yards and was rated EF1. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kell | - | Several large trees were blown down. One large tree was blown down onto a house on the west side of town causing moderate roof damage. The thunderstorm winds also caused minor roof damage to the elementary school in town. A semi trailer was blown over and a carport was destroyed east of town. Some of the debris from the carport made a hole in the roof of the adjacent mobile home. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Kell | - | The Sheriff Department reported nickel size hail in Kell. |
| February 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kell | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Kell | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Kell | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kell | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Kell | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foxville | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Cartter | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Hubbard Woods | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Walnut Hill | 7.3 miles | 9 | |
| Hickory Hill | 8.3 miles | 11 | |
| Union Town | 8.5 miles | 11 | |
| Bannister | 9.2 miles | 11 | |
| Selmaville | 9.3 miles | 11 |
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 Kell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1861541 | 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 411354. 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.