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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.

Worden within Madison County

Population over time

2 figures

Worden 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,044
20201,096+52 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

6 since 2010

Regional 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 burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3

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
9 August 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesBACKYARD
22 July 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesGOODMAN
11 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesLIVINGSTON
27 February 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources14047
2 November 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesI55 @ 337MM
17 November 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesI55 M34

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Honey Creek Clay Shale ExposureClayProspect

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

11 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1994Thunderstorm WindWorden$5,000Ham 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 2023Thunderstorm WindWorden-Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees around town. One tree fell onto a house causing major damage. No injuries were reported.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindWorden-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 2008Thunderstorm WindWorden-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs in Worden. One tree limb landed on an unoccupied truck causing minor damage.
May 2008HailWorden-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 2003Thunderstorm WindWorden-Local law enforcement reported trees and power lines down.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindWorden-Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and also broke a light pole.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindWorden-no account filed
September 2008HailWorden-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindWorden-no account filed
October 2001Thunderstorm WindWorden-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Madison 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
Hamel3.0 miles15
Carpenter4.0 miles14
Livingston4.7 miles15
Prairietown5.0 miles14
Maple5.3 miles17
Holiday Shores5.4 miles14
Williamson5.5 miles15
Kaufman5.8 miles14

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 WordenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2463195The 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.