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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.

Henning within Vermilion County

Population over time

3 figures

Henning 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.

YearPeople Change
2000241
2010251+10 (+4%)
2020210-41 (-16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

Fires near this place

13 since 2004

Regional 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/undetermined7
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
11 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesMORRIS
28 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2750
2 July 2004Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresIllinois State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
3 April 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources14503
3 April 2011Debris and open burning5.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources15205
22 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources16100
22 March 2004Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresIllinois State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
20 March 2004Debris and open burning2.0 acresIllinois State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Vermilion County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Allison Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Vermilion County

Storms near this place

12 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2011Tornado (EF0)Henning$225,000A 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 2011Thunderstorm WindHenning$100,000Downburst 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 2018Thunderstorm WindHenning$30,000A tree was blown down at Henning Road and Highway 136. Several tree limbs and power lines were blown down in Henning.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindHenning-Power poles were damaged by the wind gusts.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindHenning-Two power poles blown down and corn flattened. 75 mph gust measured by the public. Report was relayed by broadcast media.
June 2019Flash FloodHenning-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 2019Thunderstorm WindHenning-A treehouse was blown over.
August 2011Funnel CloudHenning-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 2025HailHenning-no account filed
June 2019HailHenning-no account filed
May 2016HailHenning-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindHenning-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Vermilion 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
Rayville2.3 miles12
Vernal2.9 miles12
Moores Corner3.7 miles12
Jamesburg3.9 miles12
Barlow Park4.1 miles13
Myersville (historical)4.2 miles12
Grumle Corner4.2 miles19
Rossville Junction4.7 miles12

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 HenningAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2672357The 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.