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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.

Heyworth within McLean County

Population over time

2 figures

Heyworth 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,841
20202,791-50 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

9 since 2014

Regional 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 burning7
Smoking2

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
5 April 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2015048
14 April 2015Debris and open burning40 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2015051
11 April 2014Smoking2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2014040
10 April 2014Debris and open burning5.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2014034
1 April 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2015043
31 March 2014Debris and open burning5.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2014029
19 March 2015Debris and open burning25 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2015036
18 March 2015Smoking1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2015034

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McLean County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Carmicheal Pit #90Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Heyworth Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Heyworth Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in McLean County

Storms near this place

23 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHeyworth$20,000A 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 2009Thunderstorm WindHeyworth$15,000A few very large trees were blown down in Heyworth.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindHeyworth$10,000Bleachers were thrown through a fence at Centennial Park.
May 2011Tornado (EF0)Heyworth$8,000A tornado formed about 4 miles east of Heyworth. The tornado damaged a grain bin and then tracked into an open field before dissipating.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindHeyworth$5,000A few small trees were blown down in Heyworth.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindHeyworth-Two power poles were snapped.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindHeyworth-Several trees were blown down.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindHeyworth-A large tree was blown down.
August 2012HailHeyworth-Hail damaged crops along a 1.5 mile-long/50 yards-wide swath just north of Heyworth.
June 2010Flash FloodHeyworth-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 2006Thunderstorm WindHeyworth-A few large tree limbs were blown down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindHeyworth-Large tree limb blown down.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindHeyworth-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 1999Tornado (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 2023HailHeyworth-no account filed
April 2023HailHeyworth-no account filed
June 2023Thunderstorm WindHeyworth-no account filed
March 2016HailHeyworth-no account filed
April 2006HailHeyworth-no account filed
June 2006HailHeyworth-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindHeyworth-no account filed
July 1997HailHeyworth-no account filed
August 1993HailHeyworth-no account filed

Every storm recorded in McLean 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
Littleville (historical)2.2 miles14
Randolph4.3 miles14
Burns6.0 miles14
Hendrix7.3 miles14
Gillum7.6 miles14
Downs7.9 miles14
Shirley8.0 miles13
Funks Grove8.2 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 HeyworthAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2255308The 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.