Huntley, Illinois
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Grafton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60142. The Survey maps it on the Huntley quadrangle. 27,740 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 889 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHuntley grew from 24,291 to 27,740 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 | 24,291 | |
| 2020 | 27,740 | +3,449 (+14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 18 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.
- 1925 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1940 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Huntley quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Huntley quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Huntley quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Huntley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Huntley in 2003, 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 June 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Huntley: 1 producer, 1 plant. All of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D & Z Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Huntley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
39 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Huntley in 39 storm reports between 2000 and 2026: 18 thunderstorm wind, 15 hail, 2 flood, 2 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2018 | Lightning | Huntley | $50,000 | A house in the 12000 block of Illinois Street was left uninhabitable after an attic fire was started by lightning. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntley | $50,000 | In the Meadowbrook neighborhood, there were numerous houses with the siding ripped off. Multiple trees were uprooted or snapped at the base. One house on Waterford Lake had the chimney blown off. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntley | $10,000 | Hundreds of trees were blown down or damaged in southern McHenry County from Huntley to Cary including Lake In The Hills and Algonquin. There were at least 50 reports of power lines blown down and another 50 reports of trees or tree limbs blocking roads. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntley | $5,000 | A gust to 59 mph was measured in Huntley. Tree limbs, utility poles and power lines were blown down. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntley | $5,000 | A tree was blown down on a car at Route 20 and Harmony Road. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntley | - | A personal weather station measured a 66 mph gust east of Huntley. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntley | - | Trees and power lines were blown down at the intersection of Algonquin Road and Lakewood Road. |
| March 2022 | Funnel Cloud | Huntley | - | A photo shared on social media showed a funnel cloud extending about half way down to the ground. |
| May 2020 | Flood | Huntley | - | A foot of water was reported on Route 47 near Huntley. Rainfall of 1.93 inches was measured in 45 minutes. |
| May 2020 | Flash Flood | Huntley | - | Numerous reports of flooding were received from Huntley, Lakewood and Algonquin. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntley | - | A wind gust to 70 mph was measured just north of Huntley. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Huntley | - | Several reports of hail up to the size of half dollars covered the ground in Huntley. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntley | - | Several trees were blown down in Huntley. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Huntley | - | Nickel to quarter size hail was reported near Route 47 and Reed Road. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntley | - | A burst of wind resulted in multiple large tree limbs blown down. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntley | - | A large tree was uprooted along Church Street. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntley | - | A large tree was blown down near Reed Road and Route 47. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntley | - | Two large trees were blown down on Route 62 blocking the eastbound right lane, just west of Lakewood Road. Wind gusts were measured to 72 mph. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntley | - | Damage to siding and roofs was reported near Algonquin and Lakewood Roads. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Huntley | - | Nickel size hail was reported 1.9 miles northeast of Huntley. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntley | - | Large tree limbs blown down at Route 20 and Church Road. |
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntley | - | Tree limbs blown down. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Huntley | - | Water flowing across Route 20 just east of Interstate 90. |
| July 2006 | Flood | Huntley | - | Flood waters one foot deep closed the intersection of Church and Mill Streets for several hours. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Huntley | - | no account filed |
| February 2024 | Hail | Huntley | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Huntley | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Huntley | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Huntley | - | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntley | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Huntley | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Huntley | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Huntley | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Huntley | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntley | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Huntley | - | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Hail | Huntley | - | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntley | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Huntley | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coyne | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| Crystal Gardens | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Harmony | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Lake in the Hills | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Lakewood | 5.7 miles | 19 | |
| Crystal Vista | 5.7 miles | 19 | |
| North Shore | 6.1 miles | 19 | |
| Algonquin | 7.1 miles | 19 |
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 Huntley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2255383 | 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 410700. 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.











