BlockGoeselville, Illinois
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Bremen Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60452. The Survey maps it on the Tinley Park quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1890 USGS Des Plaines quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Des Plaines quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Des Plaines quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Des Plaines quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1929 USGS Tinley Park quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Tinley Park quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Tinley Park quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1980 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Tinley Park quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Goeselville: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worth Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Goeselville in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goeselville | $10,000 | A small area of scattered wind damage was reported just south of 147th Street from Landings Subdivision to just east of Central Avenue. Some healthy trees and large tree limbs were blown down. Some of the tree limbs fell onto vehicles. One large tree was uprooted. One house had a section of a back patio roof blown off. |
| August 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Goeselville | - | A tornado with peak winds of 100 mph touched just east of Harlem Avenue in Oak Forest then moved nearly due east along 151st Street producing tree damage and minor structural damage before lifting near the Interstate 57/294 interchange in Midlothian. Numerous trees were uprooted between Ridgeland Avenue and Cicero Avenue. The worst damage occurred between Cicero Avenue and Pulaski Road where several large trees and utility poles were snapped at their base. Tree damage continued east of Pulaski Road with fences blown down before the tornado lifted. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Goeselville | - | A few reports of hail up to 1.75 inches in diameter came in from Oak Forest. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goeselville | - | Wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph near 159th Street and Harlem Avenue. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Forest | 2.6 miles | 25 | |
| Southmoor | 3.1 miles | 27 | |
| Crestwood | 3.1 miles | 27 | |
| Palos Heights | 3.1 miles | 27 | |
| Fernway Park | 3.5 miles | 24 | |
| Tinley Park | 3.5 miles | 24 | |
| Midlothian | 3.6 miles | 25 | |
| Orland Park | 3.7 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.
| Wikidata item Q122560557 | 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 409204. 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.
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.