BlockTimewell, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Lee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62375. The Survey maps it on the Lake Mount Sterling quadrangle. 117 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 755 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTimewell fell from 122 to 117 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 | 122 | |
| 2020 | 117 | -5 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1946 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Lake Mt. Sterling quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
11 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Timewell in 11 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 1994 | Hail | Timewell | $500 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Timewell | - | An intense bow echo moved through Brown County. Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down. Many were blocking roads. |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Timewell | - | Between two and four inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Several roads were flooded including County Road 750N about half a mile east of Illinois Route 99. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Timewell | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a couple of trees and large tree limbs in Timewell. One large tree limb fell onto a car causing moderate damage, one landed on a garage destroying it and several landed on roofs causing minor damage. In Mount Sterling, a couple of trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down. No injuries were reported. |
| June 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Timewell | - | The tornado crossed the Adams/Brown county line about 2.5 miles southwest of Mound Station and continued to travel to the east. Near the intersection of County roads 1000N and 100E some metal roofing was blown off of a barn, a 3 to 4 foot diameter tree was snapped off near the base, as well as other tree damage. The tornado soon lifted and dissipated. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Timewell | - | Thunderstorm winds blew over several trees, numerous tree limbs and power lines in Mound Station. Also, a grain silo was blown over. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F2) | Timewell | - | The tornado that went across southeast Adams County entered Brown County about 750 pm CDT southwest of Highway 24 and Timewell. Witnesses observed a multiple vortex tornado that damaged one home, two out-buildings, several machine sheds, and several grain bins. Approximately three miles northeast of Timewell the tornado damaged another farmstead and numerous trees. Six machine sheds were destroyed while a home sustained damage to the roof and the west and south walls. A number of large trees in the vicinity of the farmstead were also damaged. Five miles northwest of Mount Sterling, several witnesses observed a multiple vortex pattern with several smaller tornadoes rotating around a larger tornado. The width of the damage area (mainly trees) varied from 50 to as large as 300 yards. Numerous trees were snapped at the base of the tree and tossed northeastward. The damage intensity was estimated from F1 to the lower end of F2. The tornado continued to travel northeast crossing county road 1500 north (5 miles north-northwest of Mount Sterling). Several large trees were either snapped half-way or uprooted at this location. Damage path width ranged from 50 to as large as 100 yards while damage intensity was estimated at the lower end of F1. The tornado damage intensified a second time as the tornado moved across Illinois Highway 99, 7 miles north of Mount Sterling. One old farm home and a large barn were completely destroyed with debris tossed 1/3 mile to the east. A second farmstead 1/2 mile east experienced damage to several machine sheds, grain bins and a barn. The nearby home sustained little damage. Several large trees in the vicinity of the barn and machine sheds were uprooted or snapped near the base of the trunk. The width of the damage pattern over this area varied from 50 to 100 yards. Damage intensity ranged from F1 to lower end of F2. Many witnesses along the track of this tornado did not hear the classic "freight train" sound as heard in other cases. Rather they heard a "swishing" type sound. Additionally, many witnesses did not observe lightning or hear thunder as the tornado passed. A special thanks to Mr. Brian Gallaher, Chief of the Mount Sterling Fire Department for providing valuable information. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Timewell | - | no account filed |
| February 2011 | Hail | Timewell | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Timewell | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Timewell | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fargo | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Buckhorn | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Damon | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Mount Sterling | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Hersman | 8.1 miles | 12 | |
| Siloam | 8.6 miles | 11 | |
| White Oak Springs (historical) | 9.1 miles | 12 | |
| Benville | 9.9 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 Timewell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q33506563 | 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 426969. 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.