BlockCarol Stream, Illinois
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Bloomingdale Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60188. The Survey maps it on the West Chicago quadrangle. 39,854 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 758 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCarol Stream grew from 39,711 to 39,854 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 | 39,711 | |
| 2020 | 39,854 | +143 (+0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1908 USGS Wheaton quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Wheaton quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS West Chicago quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Wheaton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS West Chicago quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS West Chicago quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS West Chicago quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
2,683 words on this townshipHistory Of Dupage County (1857), published 1857 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Bloomingdale Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Bloomingdale Township - 2,683 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Carol Stream in 2014, burning under an 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014-357 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Carol Stream: 5 past producers, 2 plants, 1 producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Vermiculite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zonolite Chicago Plant | Vermiculite | Plant | ||
| Dupage City Hwy. Dept. Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Glen Ellyn City Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Wheaton City Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Ajax Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Curtis S&G Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| East Riverdale Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Mallard Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
25 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carol Stream in 25 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 14 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 1 flood, 1 flash flood. The reports record 12 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 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carol Stream | 11 hurt, $1,000,000 | A microburst caused significant wind damage in Carol Stream and Glendale Heights. The damage occurred across an area about one half mile long and 250 yards wide, just to the east of Schmale Road near the intersection with North Avenue. |The most severe damage occurred at an apartment complex east of Schmale Road between Willow Woods Drive and Burns Street in Carol Stream. Here a three story apartment building had a substantial portion of its roof entirely peeled off by winds and many windows were blown out. Two other apartment buildings lost significant portions of their roofs, while six other buildings sustained significant roof damage. Many large trees were uprooted around the grounds.|Located adjacent to and to the north of the apartment complex, a church sustained significant damage to its roof. This structure was formally a large discount store. Debris from the apartments was strewn throughout the church's parking lot and onto North Avenue. Further to the north, across North Avenue, a few large trees were uprooted or blown down. There was also significant damage to the roof at a manufacturing company in Glendale Heights. Here a 60 by 80 foot section of roof was peeled off on the southeast corner of the structure. There were also two or three holes about 8 to 10 feet across punched in the roof.|Located to the south of the apartment complex, there was damage to the roof facade on a medical office building located along the south side of St. Charles Road just east of Schmale Road. Further south, there were trees blown down and shingles and small sections of siding peeled up from roofs at two other apartment complexes. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carol Stream | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carol Stream | $20,000 | A roof was blown off a Walgreens store. Shingles were blown off other roofs and a light pole was blown down. Wind gusts were estimated to 80 mph. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carol Stream | - | A trained spotter reported tree limbs down around 6 inches in diameter as well as damage to a fence. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carol Stream | - | A large willow tree was downed onto a fence in Carol Stream. |
| July 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Carol Stream | - | An EF-0 tornado dropped at Glenbard North High School in Carol Stream and ended just east of Americana Park in Glendale Heights. This tornado primarily caused tree damage along its 2.9 mile long path, but a couple of warehouses sustained minor roofing damage, and a few houses were damaged as well losing small portions of their siding and roofs. |
| November 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carol Stream | - | A one foot diameter evergreen tree was snapped and blown onto a house. |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carol Stream | - | Trees and several large tree limbs were blown down. |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carol Stream | - | Wind gusts were estimated between 65 mph and 70 mph and lasted 3 to 5 minutes. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carol Stream | - | Multiple tree limbs were blown down. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Carol Stream | - | Nickle to quarter size hail was reported via mPing. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Carol Stream | - | Penny to quarter size hail was reported. |
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Carol Stream | - | The intersection of Kuhn Road and Birchbark Trail was closed due to water flowing onto the street from a retention pond. Storm total rainfall of 1.87 inches was measured about a mile west of Carol Stream. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carol Stream | - | Numerous large trees were snapped and uprooted. The hardest hit area was north of North Avenue, south of Aztec and between Kuhn Road and Gary Avenue. The mayor declared Carol Stream a disaster. Approximately 200 trees were damaged. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carol Stream | - | Winds were estimated to 60 mph and caused damage to power transformers. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carol Stream | - | Wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph. |
| April 2009 | Flood | Carol Stream | - | Minor flooding was reported in Carol Stream after 1.57 inches of rainfall was recorded. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carol Stream | - | Trees 10 to 12 inches in diameter were blown down. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Carol Stream | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Carol Stream | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carol Stream | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Carol Stream | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Carol Stream | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Carol Stream | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Carol Stream | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geneva Road | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| Cloverdale | 2.0 miles | 19 | |
| Gretna | 2.0 miles | 19 | |
| Jewell Road | 2.5 miles | 20 | |
| Prince Crossing | 2.7 miles | 20 | |
| Wayne Center | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| Shorewood | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Schick | 3.1 miles | 20 |
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 Carol Stream | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q195144 | 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 421733. 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.