BlockWeldon, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Nixon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61882. The Survey maps it on the Weldon East quadrangle. 369 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 714 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWeldon fell from 429 to 369 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 | 429 | |
| 2020 | 369 | -60 (-14%) |
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.
- 1937 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:62500
- 1937 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Weldon East quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Champaign quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Weldon: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldwin Associates | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Foster Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Weldon in 10 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weldon | $75,000 | Numerous trees were uprooted or snapped off by strong winds across Weldon Springs State Park. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weldon | $3,000 | A tree was blown down at Route 10 and West Street in Weldon. A tree was also blown down onto Lynn Street. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weldon | - | Several large trees were snapped and an RV was blown onto its side. |
| April 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Weldon | - | The tornado briefly touched down in a field. No damage was reported. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weldon | - | A large tree was blown down. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Weldon | - | A tornado briefly touched down in a field. No damage or injuries were reported. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Weldon | - | A tornado briefly touched down in a field. It blew down a couple of power lines near the intersection of Illinois Route 10 and Illinois Route 48. No injuries were reported. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Weldon | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Flash Flood | Weldon | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Flash Flood | Weldon | - | 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 Weldon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2017244 | 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 420724. 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.
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.