Worden, Illinois
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Omphghent Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62097. The Survey maps it on the Worden quadrangle. 1,096 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 568 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWorden grew from 1,044 to 1,096 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 | 1,044 | |
| 2020 | 1,096 | +52 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1927 USGS Edwardsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1932 USGS Edwardsville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Edwardsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Worden quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Carlyle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Worden quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Worden between 2010 and 2016, burning about 2 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 burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | BACKYARD |
| 22 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | GOODMAN |
| 11 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | LIVINGSTON |
| 27 February 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 14047 |
| 2 November 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | I55 @ 337MM |
| 17 November 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | I55 M34 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Worden: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honey Creek Clay Shale Exposure | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
11 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Worden in 11 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worden | $5,000 | Ham radio spotters reported six to eight inch tree limbs snapped off and power lines down at East Alton along with gusts to 60 mph. The county sheriff also reported trees and power lines down from Worden to Holiday Shores between 1715 and 1725 CST. One lightning strike in East Alton caused a tree to catch fire. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worden | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees around town. One tree fell onto a house causing major damage. No injuries were reported. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worden | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees, tree limbs and power lines in Worden, St. Jacob and Highland. In Worden, two large trees were completely uprooted. In Highland, several wooden fences were blown over. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worden | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs in Worden. One tree limb landed on an unoccupied truck causing minor damage. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Worden | - | Storm spotters reported hail ranging from 1.25 inch in Alhanbra to two inch hail in Worden. The hail fell for nearly 10 minutes. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worden | - | Local law enforcement reported trees and power lines down. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worden | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and also broke a light pole. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worden | - | no account filed |
| September 2008 | Hail | Worden | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worden | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worden | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamel | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Carpenter | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Livingston | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Prairietown | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Maple | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Holiday Shores | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Williamson | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Kaufman | 5.8 miles | 14 |
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 Worden | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2463195 | 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 421503. 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.







