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Itasca, Illinois

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Addison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60143. It stands on Spring Brook. The Survey maps it on the Lombard quadrangle. 9,543 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Itasca within DuPage County

Population over time

2 figures

Itasca grew from 8,649 to 9,543 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.

YearPeople Change
20108,649
20209,543+894 (+10%)

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

2,385 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 Addison Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Addison Township - 2,385 words.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Itasca: 2 past producers. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ajax PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Curtis S&G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in DuPage County

Storms near this place

15 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Itasca in 15 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2018Flash FloodItasca$300,000Widespread flooding was reported in Addison, particularly on the west side with major roads flooded. Approximately 100 homes suffered flood damage and as many as 20 vehicles needed to be towed due to flood damage. In Villa Park, a section of southbound Ardmore at North Avenue was closed due to flooding. Addison Road was closed from North Avenue to Armitage Avenue and the fire department had to perform one water rescue. In Elmhurst, a flood prone underpass in downtown was flooded. Route 83 was closed between St. Charles Road and North Avenue. About 6 inches of standing water was reported across all lanes of traffic of North Avenue. Storm total rainfall amounts included 3.08 inches one mile east southeast of Roselle; 2.99 inches one mile north northwest of Lombard; 2.86 inches one mile northwest of Villa Park and 1.64 inches two miles southeast of Elmhurst.
March 2023FloodItasca-A photo shared on Twitter showed flood waters covering a residential street near Mill Rd and Arlene Dr.
July 2023Tornado (EF0)Itasca-This EF-0 touched down on the far northeast side of Itasca near the intersection of Prospect Ave and Thorndale Ave. It then tracked east-northeastward through a large industrial park in Wood Dale, Bensenville, and Elk Grove Village, where it caused minor damage to the roofs and fascia of a few warehouses and sporadic tree damage, which was most concentrated and severe near the intersection of Lively Blvd. and Kirk St. Eyewitness reports suggest that the tornado may have lifted intermittently along its track before it lifted for good east of Elmhurst Rd. over the far northwest side of OHare Airport.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindItasca-A wind gust to 61 mph was measured with a hand held anemometer.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindItasca-A wind gust to 71 mph was measured near Route 20 and Route 53.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindItasca-A wind gust to 74 mph was measured by a home weather station.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindItasca-Many trees were blown down with some snapped at their base. Based on radar and damage photos, it appears a microburst occurred with wind speeds estimated between 70 mph and 90 mph.
June 2010FloodItasca-Up to six inches of water was reported on some streets in Itasca.
June 2010Flash FloodItasca-Portions of Irving Park Road were reported flooded and closed.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindItasca-Tree limbs one foot in diameter were blown down.
August 2008FloodItasca-Standing water one foot deep was reported in yards. Water was also reported covering some roads.
July 2017HailItasca-no account filed
April 2010HailItasca-no account filed
June 2009HailItasca-no account filed
May 2000HailItasca-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
Wood Dale1.7 miles23
Medinah2.4 miles19
Addison3.1 miles23
Bensenville3.8 miles23
Roselle3.9 miles19
Churchville4.0 miles23
Bloomingdale4.1 miles19
Swift4.2 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 ItascaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2671295The 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 421869. 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.