BlockHanson Park, Illinois
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Chicago City. It lies in ZIP code area 60639. The Survey maps it on the River Forest quadrangle.
On record in Hanson Park
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.
Jacob A. Riis Parklisted 1995 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 26 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 River Forest quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS River Forest quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS River Forest quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1980 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS River Forest quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS River Forest quadrangle1:24000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Chicago city. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Index To Content
Chapter I. - First Settler of Chicago, 5. Various Appellations of Chicago. .Garies' River, 6. The Main River Bed Changed. .Chicago in Virginia. .Treaty of Greenville. . Original Site of Chicago. .Illinois in Indiana Territory. .Fort Dearborn Established. .First Commandants of the Fort. .Massacre of 1S12, 7. Captain John and Lieutenant Wm.
In the county-history sources
902,150 words on this townshipPolitics and Politicians of Chicago, Cook County, and Illinois : Memorial Volume, 1787-1887; a Complete Record of Municipal, County, State and National Politics from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, published 1887; ... History of Chicago, Illinois, published 1895; Historical Review of Chicago and Cook County and Selected Biography. A.N. Waterman ... Ed. and Author of Historical Review, published 1908 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Chicago City covers the township.
Read the chapter on Chicago City - 902,150 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hanson Park: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand and Campbell Ave Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| River Forest City Eng - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hanson Park in 10 storm reports between 2010 and 2020: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 hail, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hanson Park | $150,000 | A garage and three cars were destroyed when a massive burr oak tree was blown down along Forest Avenue. A house was heavily damaged on Franklin Avenue by a huge silver maple tree that was split in half. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hanson Park | $50,000 | A 14 inch diameter, 20 foot long tree limb fell on a porch on Ashland Avenue. Several homes and at least one car were damaged. |
| July 2011 | Lightning | Hanson Park | $10,000 | Lightning struck a large tree which then fell onto a storage building, shifting the roof and making it unsafe to enter. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hanson Park | - | A few trees were blown down in Forest Park. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hanson Park | - | A tree was blown down blocking a road in Forest Park. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hanson Park | - | Multiple trees were damaged in River Forest. A couple of tree limbs fell onto vehicles. |
| August 2019 | Flood | Hanson Park | - | Southbound Harlem Avenue was closed due to flooding at the North Boulevard underpass. |
| October 2019 | Flash Flood | Hanson Park | - | Lake Shore Drive was closed for several miles on the north side of Chicago due to flash flooding including multiple vehicles stuck in flood waters. Multiple viaducts were also flooded with stranded vehicles including at Lake Shore Drive and Foster and Lake Shore Drive and Fullerton. Widespread street flooding was reported in many areas with four feet of water at the intersection of Fullerton and Elston. Two to three feet of flood water was reported in roadways in Elmwood Park including 74th Avenue, 74th Court, Altgeld Street and near Diversey and Harlem. Flood waters one feet deep were reported on the shoulder of Interstate 90/94. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Hanson Park | - | Hail between a half inch and one inch fell near Harlem Avenue and Chicago Avenue. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hanson Park | - | A tree was blown down across Harlem Avenue at Division. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cragin | 0.7 miles | 26 | |
| Belmont Cragin | 0.8 miles | 26 | |
| Whiskey Point | 0.8 miles | 26 | |
| Galewood | 1.2 miles | 26 | |
| Belmont Park | 1.3 miles | 26 | |
| Kelvyn Grove | 1.3 miles | 24 | |
| Montclare | 1.7 miles | 26 | |
| Schorsch | 1.9 miles | 26 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1737703. 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.