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Cloverdale, Illinois

19 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 60108. The Survey maps it on the Lombard quadrangle. It stands 768 feet above sea level.

Cloverdale within DuPage County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

2,683 words on this township

History 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 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Cloverdale 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/undetermined1

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
10 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2014-357

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in DuPage County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Cloverdale: 2 past producers, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Ajax PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Curtis S&G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
East Riverdale Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Mallard Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in DuPage County

Storms near this place

6 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cloverdale in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2008Thunderstorm WindCloverdale1 hurt, $25,000A tree fell onto a house along Army Trail Road. One person was injured.
August 2008Tornado (EF1)Cloverdale$40,000A brief tornado touched down in an industrial area near Fox Court. It continued east northeast across South Gary Drive and dissipated near Stratford Square Mall. A large warehouse had a wall blown out near Fox Court and Madsen Drive.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindCloverdale-A trained spotter measured a peak gust of 70 mph and noted damage to patio furniture.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCloverdale-Two trees were uprooted, including one that fell on a fence, on Royal Glen Lane east of Baybrook Lane.
November 2013Thunderstorm WindCloverdale-Winds were estimated between 65 mph and 70 mph.
April 2026HailCloverdale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in DuPage 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
Keeneyville1.9 miles19
Carol Stream2.0 miles20
Bloomingdale2.4 miles19
Schick2.5 miles20
Wayne Center2.8 miles20
Gretna3.0 miles19
Glendale Heights3.3 miles19
Shorewood3.5 miles19

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 CloverdaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14687458The 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 421755. 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.