BlockGretna, Illinois
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Milton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60188. It lies near Boy Scout Island. The Survey maps it on the Lombard quadrangle.
On record in Gretna
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Theosophical Society in America Headquarterslisted 2025 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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 Lombard quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Wheaton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Lombard quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Lombard quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Lombard quadrangle1:24000
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 Gretna: 6 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Dupage City Hwy. Dept. Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Glen Ellyn City Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Village of Lombard Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Wheaton City Pit | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gretna in 2 storm reports in 2011: 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shorewood | 1.2 miles | 19 | |
| Saddlewood | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Glendale Heights | 1.8 miles | 19 | |
| Carol Stream | 2.0 miles | 20 | |
| North Glen Ellyn | 2.1 miles | 19 | |
| Wheaton | 2.2 miles | 21 | |
| Glen Ellyn | 2.3 miles | 19 | |
| Jewell Road | 2.3 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422760. 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.