Heyworth, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Randolph Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61745. It stands on Burlison Creek. The Survey maps it on the Heyworth quadrangle. 2,791 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 743 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHeyworth fell from 2,841 to 2,791 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 | 2,841 | |
| 2020 | 2,791 | -50 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1951 USGS Le Roy quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Heyworth quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Champaign quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1998 USGS Heyworth quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Heyworth between 2014 and 2015, burning about 85 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 burning | 7 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2015048 |
| 14 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2015051 |
| 11 April 2014 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014040 |
| 10 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014034 |
| 1 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2015043 |
| 31 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014029 |
| 19 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2015036 |
| 18 March 2015 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2015034 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Heyworth: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmicheal Pit #90 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Heyworth Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Heyworth Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
23 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Heyworth in 23 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heyworth | $20,000 | A two to three-foot diameter hollow tree branch was broken out of a tree and fell onto a house. Several other tree branches and power lines were blown down around town. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heyworth | $15,000 | A few very large trees were blown down in Heyworth. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heyworth | $10,000 | Bleachers were thrown through a fence at Centennial Park. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Heyworth | $8,000 | A tornado formed about 4 miles east of Heyworth. The tornado damaged a grain bin and then tracked into an open field before dissipating. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heyworth | $5,000 | A few small trees were blown down in Heyworth. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heyworth | - | Two power poles were snapped. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heyworth | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heyworth | - | A large tree was blown down. |
| August 2012 | Hail | Heyworth | - | Hail damaged crops along a 1.5 mile-long/50 yards-wide swath just north of Heyworth. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Heyworth | - | A very narrow band of heavy rain impacted a small part of southern McLean County during the early evening. Rainfall of 1.50 to 2.00 was reported, along with flooding of rural roads from Heyworth to Arrowsmith. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heyworth | - | A few large tree limbs were blown down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heyworth | - | Large tree limb blown down. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heyworth | - | Thunderstorm winds blew over two grain bins, destroyed one barn and blew the roof off of another barn. A couple of trees and power lines were blown down. |
| June 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Heyworth | - | A tornado briefly touched down near the intersection of county roads 1200E and 450N then lifted. It touched down briefly once more one mile north of Heyworth. No injuries or damage were reported. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Heyworth | - | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Hail | Heyworth | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heyworth | - | no account filed |
| March 2016 | Hail | Heyworth | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Heyworth | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Heyworth | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heyworth | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Heyworth | - | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Hail | Heyworth | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Littleville (historical) | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Randolph | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Burns | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Hendrix | 7.3 miles | 14 | |
| Gillum | 7.6 miles | 14 | |
| Downs | 7.9 miles | 14 | |
| Shirley | 8.0 miles | 13 | |
| Funks Grove | 8.2 miles | 13 |
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 Heyworth | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2255308 | 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 410130. 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.







