Bridgeview, Illinois
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Lyons Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60455. The Survey maps it on the Berwyn quadrangle. 17,027 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
2 figuresBridgeview grew from 16,446 to 17,027 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 | 16,446 | |
| 2020 | 17,027 | +581 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 24 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 Berwyn quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Berwyn quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Berwyn quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Berwyn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Berwyn quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Bridgeview in 2005, burning about 1 acre 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 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 20 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Bridgeview: 5 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Perlite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silbrico Expanded Perilite Plant | Perlite | Producer | ||
| Worth Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dolese and Shepard Crushed Stone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mc Cook Yard No. 387 & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Riverside Lime and Stone Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Summit Quarry Consumers Company | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Superior Stone Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bridgeview in 12 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeview | 2 hurt, $1,500,000 | A downburst caused extensive damage from 79th Street about 300 yards west of Harlem to just north of 77th and Harlem. Several evergreen trees were uprooted and tree limbs were downed. A few garages collapsed or had roofs torn off. A large section of an apartment roof was torn off and debris damaged other nearby apartments and other buildings. About 40 cars were damaged by flying debris. Two police officers were injured by flying glass. About 1/2 mile further northeast the roof was damaged at a FedEx facility. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeview | - | A photo showed a tree blown down onto power lines. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeview | - | Numerous medium size tree limbs were blown down. |
| July 2023 | Heavy Rain | Bridgeview | - | A private weather station, KILBRIDG4 , recorded 1.3 inches of rainfall in a 30 minute period. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeview | - | A pine tree was uprooted. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Bridgeview | - | Penny size hail was reported in Bridgeview and quarter size hail was reported in Cicero. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeview | - | A 7 inch diameter tree was snapped in half at 87th St. and Roberts Rd. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Bridgeview | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Bridgeview | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeview | - | no account filed |
| November 2013 | Hail | Bridgeview | - | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Hail | Bridgeview | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford Park | 0.9 miles | 24 | |
| Burbank | 1.7 miles | 27 | |
| Justice | 1.8 miles | 27 | |
| Hickory Hills | 2.0 miles | 27 | |
| Summit | 2.6 miles | 24 | |
| Clearing | 2.7 miles | 24 | |
| Mount Forest (historical) | 2.9 miles | 27 | |
| Willow Springs | 3.0 miles | 27 |
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 Bridgeview | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q913915 | 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 404857. 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.











