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.
Population over time
2 figuresKenney 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 326 | |
| 2020 | 311 | -15 (-5%) |
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.
- 1957 USGS Kenney quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Kenney quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
1 since 2014Regional 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 burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014036 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle-Picher Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Holtz Pit No. 77 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Keck Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kenney Pit 9 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Kenney | $90,000 | A 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kenney | $20,000 | Several trees were blown down. |
| July 2008 | Lightning | Kenney | $20,000 | Lightning 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 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kenney | $15,000 | Several power lines were blown down around town. A tree fell on a house. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kenney | - | Tree branches were blown down onto Highway 54. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Kenney | - | 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 2006 | Tornado (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 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kenney | - | Large tree limb reported down. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kenney | - | A large tree was blown down on the east side of town. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kenney | - | Numerous large tree limbs were blown down. One home just west of Clinton sustained minor siding and gutter damage. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kenney | - | 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 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kenney | - | 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 1995 | Hail | Kenney | - | Thunderstorm winds uprooted four large trees. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Kenney | - | no account filed |
| March 2023 | Hail | Kenney | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Kenney | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Kenney | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Kenney | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tunbridge | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Rowell | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Hallsville | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Midland City | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Jenkins | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Tabor | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Ospur | 6.9 miles | 14 | |
| Clinton | 7.5 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 Kenney | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2104331 | 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 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.







