BlockWashburn, Illinois
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Cazenovia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61570. The Survey maps it on the Washburn quadrangle. 1,032 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 681 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWashburn fell from 1,155 to 1,032 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 | 1,155 | |
| 2020 | 1,032 | -123 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1893 USGS Metamora quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1937 USGS Metamora quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Metamora quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Washburn quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Washburn: 5 past producers, 2 producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baun Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| La Rose Plant & Pitmidwest Sand | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Larose Pit Vern Henry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sperry Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Stevens Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| White Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Zen Zen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
22 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Washburn in 22 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2010 | Lightning | Washburn | 1 hurt | A road construction flagger, on Illinois Route 89 between Washburn and Cazenovia, was struck by lightning while on the job during an early evening thunderstorm. The victim was struck in the left shoulder with the bolt exiting his left foot, where part of his boot was blown off. He was treated for burns. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Washburn | $50,000 | Multiple trees and power lines were blown down. One tree fell onto a house, and the residents had to be helped out of the house. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Washburn | $22,000 | A machine shed was damaged and a power pole was blown over. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Washburn | $15,000 | A gustnado with estimated winds of 80-90mph damaged several trees just east of Washburn. Tree limbs were blown down on two farms, and a gas grill and house shingles were damaged as well. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Washburn | $6,000 | A power pole was blown down about 3 miles east of Washburn. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Washburn | - | Tree limbs were blown into powerlines. |
| October 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Washburn | - | A tornado touched down about 3.4 miles east-southeast of Washburn along County Highway 2100 North at 4:45 PM CDT. The tornado damaged the roof and walls of a barn and a couple large trees, throwing the debris into a corn field to the northeast. It continued tracking through fields before damaging an outbuilding along County Highway 2300 North. The tornado dissipated 3.5 miles east of Washburn at 4:51 PM CDT. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Washburn | - | Steady rainfall accumulated up to 4.00 on already saturated ground in northern Woodford County during the evening of June 10th. Illinois Route 89 from Low Point through Washburn to the Marshall County line was closed due to high water. Most rural roads in northern Woodford County were impassable. |
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Washburn | - | Several rounds of thunderstorms with torrential rainfall produced 2.50 to 4.00 inches of rain in extreme northern and northeast Woodford County late in the evening of May 26th. This resulted in flash flooding which impacted streets in Minonk, parts of Interstate 39, and numerous rural roads. Most roads were impassable and closed through the night. |
| May 2013 | Flood | Washburn | - | Several rounds of thunderstorms with torrential rainfall produced 2.50 to 4.00 inches of rain in extreme northern and northeast Woodford County late in the evening of May 26th. This resulted in flash flooding which impacted streets in Minonk, parts of Interstate 39, and numerous rural roads. Most roads were impassable and closed through the night. Additional rainfall overnight kept many of the roads closed through the morning. The flooding subsided by early afternoon. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Washburn | - | Slow moving, single cell thunderstorms produced nearly 2.00 inches of rain in one hour in northeast Woodford County. Most rural roads were inundated, particularly near Minonk and north of Benson, including Illinois Route 117. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Washburn | - | Several trees and power lines were blown down. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Washburn | - | An 18 foot diameter grain silo was destroyed and a large tree was blown down. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Washburn | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees. One large tree was blown down across Illinois Route 89 just south of Washburn. In Metamora, a couple of the fallen trees and tree limbs were blown down onto homes causing minor roof damage. Also, numerous power lines were blown down. No injuries were reported. |
| June 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Washburn | - | A tornado touched down one mile southwest of Washburn. It caused extensive damage to one house's roof when it blew down several nearby trees, which then fell onto the house. It then moved into the Snag Creek Golf Course and blew down several more trees before lifting and dissipating. No injuries were reported. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Washburn | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Washburn | - | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Hail | Washburn | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Washburn | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Washburn | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Washburn | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Washburn | - | 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.
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 Washburn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2233731 | 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 420548. 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.
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.