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Boulder Hill, Illinois

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Oswego Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60538. The Survey maps it on the Aurora South quadrangle. 8,394 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 663 feet above sea level.

Boulder Hill within Kendall County

Population over time

2 figures

Boulder Hill grew from 8,108 to 8,394 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
20108,108
20208,394+286 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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.

In the county-history sources

83 words on this township

History of Kendall County, Illinois, from the Earliest Discoveries to the Present Time, published 1877 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Oswego Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Oswego Township - 83 words.

Fires near this place

1 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Boulder Hill in 2020, burning about 1 acre in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Arson/incendiarism1

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
8 April 2020Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources20-0000121

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kendall County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Boulder Hill: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Feltes Pit No. 6Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fox Ridge StoneSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fox Valley Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hafrenrichter Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kendall County

Storms near this place

23 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boulder Hill in 23 storm reports between 2003 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 3 heavy rain, 1 lightning. 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
August 2025Heavy RainBoulder Hill$225,000Torrential rainfall led to the failure of a drain pipe coupling at Oswego East High School. The failure took place on the third floor of the school causing water damage to spread to the lowest three levels. Hard ceilings had to be redone, carpets were extracted and cleaned, drywall was repaired, and lower insulation was replaced. Damages totaled between $200,000 and $250,000.
August 2025Heavy RainBoulder Hill$30,000Long Beach Elementary in Boulder Hill experienced water damage following prolonged heavy rainfall. Water entered the building via an existing leak in an old cast iron drain pipe. Most impacts were to one classroom and a portion of the school was closed while repairs were made. Drywall and insulation had to be replaced and the damaged drain pipes were replaced with new PVC pipes. Repairs totaled about $30,000.
October 2006Thunderstorm WindBoulder Hill$25,000A large tree limb was blown down onto a vehicle which caused an accident at Stuart and Wooley Roads.
August 2025LightningBoulder Hill$1,000A lightning strike impacted Oswego East High School knocking out electrical systems including telephones. The time of the strike is unknown and was estimated using radar and lightning data.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindBoulder Hill-Trees were blown down blocking Long Beach Road.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindBoulder Hill-Tree limbs were blown down onto cars.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindBoulder Hill-Seven to ten large tree limbs were downed at Long Beach Elementary. Time was estimated based on radar.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindBoulder Hill-A downed tree was blocking the road at Briarcliff and Fernwood Roads in Boulder Hill.
April 2023HailBoulder Hill-Hail damage to car windows was reported.
April 2023HailBoulder Hill-Three inch diameter hail was reported at Dolores Street and Charles Court.
April 2023HailBoulder Hill-Hail damage was reported to numerous vehicles in the 2300 block of Route 34.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindBoulder Hill-Multiple large tree limbs were blown down.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindBoulder Hill-A large tree was blown down completely blocking a road.
June 2013HailBoulder Hill-Golfball size hail was reported near the intersection of Route 30 and Briarcliff Road.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindBoulder Hill-A wind gust to 62 mph was measured near Route 30 and Route 25.
August 2009Heavy RainBoulder Hill-Three day storm total rainfall of 3.69 inches was reported near Route 30 and Douglas Road.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindBoulder Hill-Six inch diameter tree limbs blown down.
August 2003HailBoulder Hill-Reported along Route 125.
March 2026HailBoulder Hill-no account filed
April 2023HailBoulder Hill-no account filed
April 2023HailBoulder Hill-no account filed
April 2023HailBoulder Hill-no account filed
June 2014Thunderstorm WindBoulder Hill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kendall 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
Ponds At Mill Race Creek0.8 miles14
Victoria Meadows0.9 miles14
Mill Race Creek1.1 miles14
Windcrest1.2 miles14
Winding Waters Of Mill Race Creek1.3 miles14
Cedar Glen1.3 miles14
Farmington Lakes1.3 miles14
Springbrook At Farmington Lakes1.5 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 Boulder HillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q576011The 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 1867266. 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.