La Grange Park, Illinois
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Proviso Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60526. It stands on Addison Creek. The Survey maps it on the Berwyn quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1891 USGS Riverside quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Riverside quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Riverside quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Riverside quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1928 USGS Berwyn quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Berwyn quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Berwyn quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Berwyn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Berwyn quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of La Grange Park in 2005, 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of La Grange Park: 11 past producers, 2 plants. 2 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A C O'Laughlin Stone Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bellwood Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Dolese and Shepard Crushed Stone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Federal Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Mc Cook Yard No. 387 & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Melrose Park City Eng. - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| River Forest City Eng - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Riverside Lime and Stone Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Summit Quarry Consumers Company | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Superior Stone Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names La Grange Park in 10 storm reports between 2003 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 heavy rain, 2 hail, 1 lightning. 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 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Grange Park | $5,000,000 | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Lightning | La Grange Park | $30,000 | Lightning apparently struck a pole at a bank on Burlington Avenue. This pole then fell onto a chimney and then the chimney fell over, damaging a roof. Several pieces of electronic equipment were no longer working after the strike, including credit card readers. |
| February 2024 | Hail | La Grange Park | - | A report of 1 hail was relayed via mPING. |
| July 2023 | Heavy Rain | La Grange Park | - | A private weather station, KILBROOK16, recorded 4.99 inches of storm total rainfall. |
| July 2023 | Heavy Rain | La Grange Park | - | A personal weather station picked up 4.35 inches of rain from the start of the day through roughly 11AM CST. The owner of the weather station confirmed the observation with a standard rain gauge. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Grange Park | - | Photos shared on social media showed multiple trees, tree limbs and power lines blown down, north of 31st Street between La Grange Road and Maple Avenue. |
| July 2019 | Heavy Rain | La Grange Park | - | Rainfall of 3.38 inches was measured in one hour near downtown Western Springs. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Grange Park | - | A large tree was blown down blocking part of Ashland Road. |
| March 2026 | Hail | La Grange Park | - | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Grange Park | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookfield | 0.9 miles | 24 | |
| Westchester | 1.5 miles | 23 | |
| East Grossdale | 1.5 miles | 24 | |
| Hines | 1.8 miles | 24 | |
| Broadview | 2.1 miles | 24 | |
| Riverside | 2.1 miles | 24 | |
| La Grange | 2.1 miles | 24 | |
| North Riverside | 2.1 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 411642. 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.











