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Belleville, Kansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Belleville City. It lies in ZIP code area 66935. The Survey maps it on the Belleville quadrangle. 2,007 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,545 feet above sea level.

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Belleville within Republic County

On record in Belleville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 6 records

Population over time

2 figures

Belleville grew from 1,991 to 2,007 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
20101,991
20202,007+16 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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.

Fires near this place

1 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Belleville in 2018, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 April 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresKansas Forest Service4

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Republic County

Storms near this place

60 of 94 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Belleville in 94 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 46 hail, 34 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 6 tornado. The reports record 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2016Tornado (EF1)Belleville2 hurtSurvey revealed that the initial tornado touchdown occurred around 650pm CDT just north of Belleville. The tornado then moved northeast and produced sporadic damage in rural areas of Republic County. It did hit the small town of Munden where several homes were damaged and a mobile home was destroyed. Another farmstead was also damaged northeast of Munden. The end of the tornado occurred south of Narka where some light tree damage was documented.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindBelleville$775,000no account filed
May 2004HailBelleville$75,000Large hail damaged windows and several vehicles in Belleville.
May 2004Tornado (F1)Belleville$50,000A tornado touched down near the southwest edge of Belleville and traveled 1/2 mile through parts of town before dissipating. The roof of a Dairy Queen was destroyed in Belleville.
May 2007Flash FloodBelleville$20,000Street flooding reported in Munden. 18 inches of water running over 220 Road near Munden. 8 to 10 inches of water over all of Main Street in south Belleville. Several other streets flooded in Belleville. Some cars stalled in the water.
April 2001Tornado (F1)Belleville$20,000A tornado touched down south of Belleville and moved northeast doing intermittant damage along a 10 mile path before dissipating.
May 2004HailBelleville$10,000Large hail struck Belleville doing some damage to roofs of homes and vehicles.
May 1996HailBelleville$10,000no account filed
April 1994Thunderstorm WindBelleville$5,000Sixty mph winds blew a 40 to 50 foot section of roof off of a livestock sale barn.
July 1994HailBelleville$5,000no account filed
July 1994HailBelleville$5,000no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindBelleville$2,000Strong winds downed power lines, stree signs and trees.
July 2023HailBelleville-Nickel and quarter sized hail reported.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBelleville-Wind gusts estimated between 50 and 60 mph.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBelleville-Dispatch reported a couple of trees blown down across a road in town.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindBelleville-Telephone pole was snapped at the intersection of Highway 81 and M Street.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindBelleville-A few railroad cars blown over on Lincoln Road between 190 Road and 200 Road. One car blocking Lincoln Road. Time estimated.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindBelleville-Estimated wind gust.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindBelleville-Delayed report of power lines down with a few transformers damaged. At least one tree was uprooted with several large broken tree limbs across the town. Time was estimated via radar.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindBelleville-Davis weatherlink site observed wind gust.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindBelleville-Widespread tree limbs down in Belleville. The diameter of the tree limbs was unknown.
May 2018Tornado (EF0)Belleville-Input from available data sources including radar, near storm environmental parameters and photos of damage suggest that at least some of the damage in Belleville could have been attributed to a brief weak tornado. Damage indicators only show EF0 damage with mainly tree limbs down. No structural damage was reported.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindBelleville-Several 2 inch diameter tree limbs down. Time was estimated based on radar.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindBelleville-Emergency manager reported a swath of straight line wind damage from roughly 1 mile south of Belleville to roughly 3 miles northeast of Belleville. Outbuilding and grain bins were damaged. Time was estimated by radar.
May 2016HailBelleville-Hail size determined via social media photo.
May 2016HailBelleville-Hail report via social media.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindBelleville-Wind gusts estimated.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindBelleville-Wind gusts estimated.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindBelleville-Wind gusts estimated.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindBelleville-Tree branch of 3 inches diameter was damaged due to wind.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindBelleville-Power lines down in the area.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindBelleville-Reports of power lines down and medium sized trees uprooted.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindBelleville-Power lines down. Law enforcement reported power outages in Belleville.
June 2009HailBelleville-Republic County sheriff reported golf ball size hail.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindBelleville-A tree of unknown diameter was blown onto 25th street blocking the roadway. The tree also knocked down a powerline.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindBelleville-A fence secured in the ground by concrete was blown down.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindBelleville-A shed was blown over near the begnning of the damage path, and a barn collapsed onto a tractor near the end. Trees were reported down along the path, and a home on Nickel Road has it's roof partially torn off. The same home had it's carport destroyed. Tree limbs were reported down across Belleville. A house near the intersection of N and 24th Streets had a large limb fall onto a nearby power line and porch. A wall on the south side of the Belleville Car Wash was also blown down by the strong winds. Wind damage continued along a swath from 6 miles south of Belleville to Hanover in Washington County. Near Hanover, minor damage was reported across the town. A tree fell onto the roof of a home on the west side of the home, causing damage to a home.
June 2008HailBelleville-Fifty mile per hour winds also reported.
August 2007Flash FloodBelleville-Water one foot deep reported to be flowing over Lincoln Road.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindBelleville-Large tree limbs down in town.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindBelleville-Commercial dumpsters blown over.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindBelleville-Estimated by Sheriff Deputy on Highway 81.
May 2004HailBelleville-Large hail did extensive crop damage near Belleville.
May 2004Funnel CloudBelleville-A funnel cloud was sighted over Belleville.
May 2004Flash FloodBelleville-Heavy rains of 2 to 4 inches produced runoff that flooded many roads for a time.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Belleville-A tornado touched down briefly in open country.
June 2004Flash FloodBelleville-Water was reported over a number of roads throughout Republic county.
May 2002Flash FloodBelleville-Heavy rains produced flash flooding with water reported over the roadway at the junction of highways 81 and 36 near Belleville.
April 2026HailBelleville-no account filed
April 2026HailBelleville-no account filed
June 2020HailBelleville-no account filed
June 2020HailBelleville-no account filed
May 2016HailBelleville-no account filed
April 2010HailBelleville-no account filed
April 2010HailBelleville-no account filed
April 2010HailBelleville-no account filed
April 2009HailBelleville-no account filed
June 2008HailBelleville-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindBelleville-no account filed
April 2005HailBelleville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Republic 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
Rydal4.3 miles13
Tabor6.5 miles13
Munden7.9 miles13
Scandia8.3 miles13
Wayne9.0 miles13
Talmo9.2 miles13
Cuba9.5 miles13
Sherdahl9.6 miles13

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 BellevilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2718195The 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 472835. 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.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

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.