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Kenney, Illinois

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Tunbridge Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61749. The Survey maps it on the Kenney quadrangle. 311 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 648 feet above sea level.

Kenney within De Witt County

Population over time

2 figures

Kenney fell from 326 to 311 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
2010326
2020311-15 (-5%)

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

1 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Kenney in 2014, burning about 1 acre 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
10 April 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2014036

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in De Witt County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Kenney: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc. 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
Eagle-Picher MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Holtz Pit No. 77Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Keck PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kenney Pit 9Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in De Witt County

Storms near this place

18 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kenney in 18 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. 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
June 2010Tornado (EF0)Kenney$90,000A tornado crossed into DeWitt County from Logan County 3.2 miles west-southwest of Kenney. A barn was blown down and two machine sheds were damaged. In addition, a trailer was rolled over. The tornado lifted 3.5 miles southeast of Kenney.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindKenney$20,000Several trees were blown down.
July 2008LightningKenney$20,000Lightning struck the water plant in the village of Kenney destroying a transformer for the water tower's pump. Several electrical devices within the plant were also damaged. There were no injuries.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindKenney$15,000Several power lines were blown down around town. A tree fell on a house.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindKenney-Tree branches were blown down onto Highway 54.
June 2010Flash FloodKenney-Rainfall rates around 1.50 of rain in one hour produced flash flooding in a small part of western DeWitt County. Several rural roads were flooded from Waynesville to Wapella to Kenney.
March 2006Tornado (F1)Kenney-Continuation of Macon county tornado. The total tornado path length was 8.0 miles. The tornado blew down numerous trees and damaged several outbuildings. No injuries or fatalities were reported.
February 2001Thunderstorm WindKenney-Large tree limb reported down.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindKenney-A large tree was blown down on the east side of town.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindKenney-Numerous large tree limbs were blown down. One home just west of Clinton sustained minor siding and gutter damage.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindKenney-As a line of severe storms moved through, numerous trees and power lines were blown down. In Kenney, siding was torn off of a church. In Clinton, one tree fell onto a home causing minor damage. No injuries were reported.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindKenney-A power line was blown down onto Route 54 near Kenney. Several trees and tree limbs were blown down as well. No injuries were reported.
June 1995HailKenney-Thunderstorm winds uprooted four large trees.
April 2025HailKenney-no account filed
March 2023HailKenney-no account filed
June 2009HailKenney-no account filed
September 2006HailKenney-no account filed
May 2000HailKenney-no account filed

Every storm recorded in De Witt 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
Tunbridge2.3 miles12
Rowell3.4 miles12
Hallsville3.8 miles12
Midland City4.2 miles12
Jenkins4.8 miles12
Tabor6.3 miles12
Ospur6.9 miles14
Clinton7.5 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 KenneyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2104331The 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 411406. 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.