Henning, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1987. It stands in South Ross Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61848. The Survey maps it on the Henning quadrangle. 210 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 686 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresHenning fell from 241 to 210 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 241 | |
| 2010 | 251 | +10 (+4%) |
| 2020 | 210 | -41 (-16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1933 USGS Hoopeston quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Hoopeston quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Henning quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Danville quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Danville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
13 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Henning between 2004 and 2011, burning about 30 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | MORRIS |
| 28 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2750 |
| 2 July 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 3 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 14503 |
| 3 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 15205 |
| 22 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 16100 |
| 22 March 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 20 March 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Henning: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allison Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Henning in 12 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Henning | $225,000 | A tornado touched down near Henning at 702 PM CST. It traveled northeastward, damaging roofs, siding, and awnings on numerous houses. The tornado also knocked down a number of trees before dissipating 3 miles northeast of Henning at 705 PM CST. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henning | $100,000 | Downburst winds damaged numerous grain bins and trees in a path from 3 miles northeast of Henning northeastward to about 4 miles east-southeast of Rossville. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henning | $30,000 | A tree was blown down at Henning Road and Highway 136. Several tree limbs and power lines were blown down in Henning. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henning | - | Power poles were damaged by the wind gusts. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henning | - | Two power poles blown down and corn flattened. 75 mph gust measured by the public. Report was relayed by broadcast media. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Henning | - | Heavy rain of 2.00 to 4.00 inches on saturated ground resulted in flash flooding in northeast Vermilion County during the late evening of June 29th. The North Fork went out of its banks which resulted in flooding of nearby roadways, including Illinois Route 119 just west of Alvin and county roads near Bismarck. The flooding subsided during the very early morning hours of June 30th. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henning | - | A treehouse was blown over. |
| August 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Henning | - | Spotters reported a funnel cloud near the town of Henning. The funnel was short lived and there were no reports of debris or damage. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Henning | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Henning | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Henning | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henning | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rayville | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Vernal | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Moores Corner | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Jamesburg | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Barlow Park | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Myersville (historical) | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Grumle Corner | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Rossville Junction | 4.7 miles | 12 |
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 Henning | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2672357 | 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 410062. 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.
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.







