Wenona, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Evans Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61377. The Survey maps it on the Wenona quadrangle. 974 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 694 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWenona fell from 1,056 to 974 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 | 1,056 | |
| 2020 | 974 | -82 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1934 USGS Wenona quadrangle1:48000
- 1934 USGS Wenona quadrangle1:62500
- 1939 USGS Wenona quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Wenona quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Wenona quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Kewanee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Wenona quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Wenona between 2008 and 2020, burning about 64 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1400170 |
| 27 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1600097 |
| 22 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 180083.1 |
| 6 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1300058 |
| 18 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1400068 |
| 1 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | WEEKS |
| 29 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | M A |
| 14 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 200009 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wenona in 13 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wenona | $80,000 | Shingle damage occurred to several homes in Wenona. In addition, some fencing was blown down and a few trees were damaged. |
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Wenona | $40,000 | A tornado touched down 3.8 miles north-northwest of Wenona in Marshall County, just west of County Road 2900E. Several trees and powerlines were blown down before the tornado crossed into LaSalle County, which is part of National Weather Service Chicago's county warning area. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wenona | $30,000 | A machine shed and grain bin were damaged 1 mile north of Wenona. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wenona | $10,000 | A semi was blown over on I-39 just north of Wenona. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wenona | - | Several large tree branches were blown down. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wenona | - | Several tree branches were broken in Wenona. |
| February 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wenona | - | Several light poles were blown down in town. |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wenona | - | A semi was blown over on I-39 one mile south of Wenona. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Wenona | - | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Hail | Wenona | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Wenona | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Wenona | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Wenona | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evans | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Custer | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Toluca | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Porterfield | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Varna | 9.4 miles | 11 | |
| Pattonsburg | 10.6 miles | 11 | |
| La Rose | 10.9 miles | 11 | |
| Wilbern | 16.2 miles | 18 |
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 Wenona | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q575413 | 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 420750. 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.
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.








