Berkeley, Illinois
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Proviso Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60163. The Survey maps it on the Elmhurst quadrangle. 5,338 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 650 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBerkeley grew from 5,209 to 5,338 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 | 5,209 | |
| 2020 | 5,338 | +129 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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.
- 1891 USGS Riverside quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Riverside quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Riverside quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Riverside quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1928 USGS Elmhurst quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Elmhurst quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Elmhurst quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Elmhurst quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Elmhurst quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Berkeley in 2005, burning under an acre in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 June 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Berkeley: 8 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A C O'Laughlin Stone Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bellwood Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Elmhurst Portable Plant #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Elmhurst Underground No. 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Melrose Park City Eng. - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Northlake City Eng. - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| River Forest City Eng - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| West Chester City Eng. - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Berkeley in 4 storm reports between 2020 and 2022: 2 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berkeley | - | Multiple trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down in Berkeley. Large tree limbs blocked streets near Hawthorn and Morris Avenues. At least one house had gutter damage from falling tree limbs. |
| May 2020 | Flash Flood | Berkeley | - | Water was reported over a few lanes of Interstate 290 near Interstate 294. |
| May 2020 | Flash Flood | Berkeley | - | Heavy rain fell across much of northern Cook County, which caused flooding in many areas. In Elk Grove Village, water was up to doorways in a town home complex near Beisner Road. Nearby retention ponds were overflowing. North of Roselle, a retention pond was overflowing near Marion Street and Arthur Avenue. Street flooding was reported in Hanover Park with 1 to 2 feet of water on Barrington Road. Street flooding was reported in Bartlett. Near Des Plaines, Central Road was closed between Route 45 and Deerlove Road due to flooding. Near Schiller Park, Irving Park Road was flooded near O'Hare Airport with numerous cars flooded. Lawrence Avenue was closed near Interstate 294 due to a flooded underpass. In Northlake, Grand Avenue was closed due to flooding near Interstate 294. Near Golf, Route 58 was closed due to flooding at Route 43. Numerous streets were flooded on the north side of Chicago including at Devon Avenue and Milwaukee. Interstate 94 was briefly closed due to flooding. Multiple water rescues occurred between Interstate 90 at Touhy Avenue. One family waited on the top of their car near Pratt Avenue until firefighters arrived. |
| April 2020 | Flood | Berkeley | - | Ramps were closed due to flooding at the interchange of Interstates 88, 290 and 294. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillside | 0.8 miles | 23 | |
| Bellwood | 1.2 miles | 23 | |
| Stone Park | 1.6 miles | 23 | |
| Northlake | 2.0 miles | 23 | |
| Melrose Park | 2.6 miles | 26 | |
| Westchester | 2.9 miles | 23 | |
| Broadview | 3.2 miles | 24 | |
| Maywood | 3.3 miles | 26 |
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 Berkeley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2671225 | 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 421706. 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.











