BlockNew Bedford, Illinois
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Greenville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61346. It stands on Walnut Creek. The Survey maps it on the New Bedford quadrangle. 76 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 643 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresNew Bedford grew from 75 to 76 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 | 75 | |
| 2020 | 76 | +1 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1949 USGS Walnut quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS New Bedford quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Dixon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
13 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Bedford in 13 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Bedford | $6,000 | Winds estimated to be 60 mph blew down some power lines about 1 mile south of New Bedford, IL around 829 am June 12. In addition, a chimney covering was blown off a newer home and some branches were blown down. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Bedford | $1,000 | Winds estimated to be 60 mph uprooted a large tree about 1 mile southeast of New Bedford, IL around 830 am June 12. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Bedford | - | This survey was completed by the NWS in Chicago. Two power poles were snapped at this location. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Bedford | - | This survey was completed by the NWS in Chicago. The survey team found overturned farm outbuildings were found at this location. |
| March 2023 | Tornado (EF1) | New Bedford | - | This tornado began just south of Illinois highway 92 in northwest Bureau county in the NWS Quad Cities county warning area. It then moved into far southeast Whiteside county, near the intersection of Osage Road and 1050 St E. The tornado tracked for 2 miles in Whiteside County, before moving into Lee County, about a half mile south of the Green River. This tornado would continue for 6 additional miles into southwest Lee County (see NWS Chicago StormData). The damage from this tornado included numerous heavily damaged outbuildings, several snapped power poles, and dozens of trees. The worst damage was to a large farmstead outbuilding on the Whiteside and Bureau County border area, with the roof and two of the four walls destroyed and debris slung well into a field. Peak winds with this tornado were estimated at 110 mph. The tornado was rated EF1 in Bureau and Whiteside Counties. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Bedford | - | A NWS storm survey team found numerous large oak trees snapped about 3 miles east of Yorktown. The team estimated peak winds around 80 mph. |
| February 2017 | Hail | New Bedford | - | A report of quarter size hail was received from social media. The time of the report has been estimated from radar data. |
| June 2017 | Hail | New Bedford | - | The report was from a social media photo. |
| June 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | New Bedford | - | A weak tornado touched down in northwestern Bureau county shortly after 8 PM CST, June 22. A path of very minor damage was noted in a field. |
| May 2014 | Hail | New Bedford | - | Penny to quarter sized hail fell 2 miles northwest of New Bedford, IL at 350 pm CDT May 11. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Bedford | - | The emergency manager reported a tree split in half. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Bedford | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew down several trees in New Bedford, IL at 11:38 pm June 12. |
| April 2023 | Hail | New Bedford | - | 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.
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 New Bedford | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2672071 | 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 414379. 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.