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DeMotte, Indiana

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Keener Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46310. The Survey maps it on the DeMotte quadrangle. 4,168 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 669 feet above sea level.

DeMotte within Jasper County

Population over time

2 figures

DeMotte grew from 3,814 to 4,168 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
20103,814
20204,168+354 (+9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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.

Storms near this place

29 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names DeMotte in 29 storm reports between 2003 and 2026: 18 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 heavy rain. 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 2011Thunderstorm WindDemotte$10,000Grain bins and an outbuilding were destroyed northwest of De Motte.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindDemotte-Video from local broadcast media shows that at least a few large trees were uprooted around a DeMotte neighborhood, including two that fell onto houses. Location could not be determined by the video and is very approximate, likely on the north or west side of town based on radar velocity imagery.
July 2025Heavy RainDemotte-Storm total rainfall of 4.46 inches was measured by a private weather station with 2.80 inches falling between 11:59 CST and 12:59 CST.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindDemotte-A wind gust to 71 mph was measured by a private weather station. Tree limbs 3 to 4 inches in diameter were blown down near County Roads 1200 N and 950 W.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindDemotte-A tree was blown down blocking a road near 8th Avenue NW and Juniper Street SW.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindDemotte-A tree was blown down across a road near 3rd Avenue NW and Dogwood Street NW.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindDemotte-Power lines were blown down on 15th Avenue NW.
May 2024FloodDemotte-Flowing water was reported on Cedar Street NW near 3rd Ave NW.
July 2024Tornado (EF0)Demotte-A tornado with estimated peak winds of 75 mph touched down in Lake County and crossed the Kankakee River and into Jasper County just west of Route 231. The tornado produced tree and crop damage as it moved across northern Jasper County. High resolution satellite imagery showed concentrated damage to crops just before the tornado crossed the Kankakee River and moved into Porter County, just east of County Road N 125 W.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindDemotte-A trained spotter measured a 78 mph gust and reported power poles down in the De Motte area.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindDemotte-Large tree branches were downed in DeMotte.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindDemotte-Extensive damage was reported along State Road 10 and surrounding areas from Demotte to Wheatfield. Healthy trees were snapped at their base and at least 7 free standing utility poles were snapped in an open field. A metal roof was torn off a farm building and spread across a field. Numerous tree limbs were blown down in Wheatfield and shingles were blown off roofs. A 35 to 40 foot tall tree was uprooted near Route 10 and Route 49. A spotter measured a wind gust to 78 mph before their equipment failed.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindDemotte-Tree limbs were blown down.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindDemotte-A trained spotter reported a measured gust to 72 mph.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindDemotte-Tree limbs were blown down with wind gusts estimated to 60 mph.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindDemotte-Tree limbs were blown down.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindDemotte-One tree was blown down.
August 2009Heavy RainDemotte-Rainfall of 2.75 inches was reported in the past 24 hours.
May 2004Flash FloodDemotte-Creek and stream flooding occurred. A total of 1.36 inches of rain fell in 28 minutes.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindDemotte-Numerous large tree limbs down on County Rd. 1000N and in the Tanglewood subdivision.
June 2004Flash FloodDemotte-Widespread flooding was reported. Three inches of rain fell in half an hour.
March 2026HailDemotte-no account filed
June 2019HailDemotte-no account filed
September 2014Thunderstorm WindDemotte-no account filed
August 2011HailDemotte-no account filed
June 2008HailDemotte-no account filed
June 2008HailDemotte-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindDemotte-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindDemotte-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jasper 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
Kersey2.2 miles12
Deer Park2.5 miles12
Forest City3.6 miles11
Stoutsburg4.5 miles11
Kniman4.8 miles12
Virgie5.6 miles10
Moffitt6.5 miles10
Wheatfield7.6 miles11

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 DeMotteAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2348578The 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 450503. 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.