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Lake Zurich, Illinois

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Ela Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60047. The Survey maps it on the Lake Zurich quadrangle.

Lake Zurich within Lake County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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.

Fires near this place

1 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Lake Zurich in 2012, burning about 19 acres 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
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 July 2012Fireworks19 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources12-0848

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lake Zurich: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Perlite. 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
Filter Materials Perlite PlantPerliteProducer

Every working recorded in Lake County

Storms near this place

16 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake Zurich in 16 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 10 hail, 6 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2007Thunderstorm WindLake Zurich$1,000A tree limb fell on a car and broke the windshield.
August 2024HailLake Zurich-A video on social media showed half dollar sized hail falling in Lake Zurich.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindLake Zurich-Tree limbs were reported to be down and blocking lanes of traffic.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindLake Zurich-A photo was shared on social media of a large tree limb blown down.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindLake Zurich-Power lines were blown down on Old Rand Road.
April 2014HailLake Zurich-Half dollar to golf ball size hail was reported in Lake Zurich.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindLake Zurich-Tree branches 6 to 8 inches in diameter were blown down near the intersection of Miller Road and Route 12.
May 2009HailLake Zurich-Nickel size hail was reported near Route 22 and Route 12.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindLake Zurich-Trees and large branches were down.
August 2012HailLake Zurich-no account filed
June 2009HailLake Zurich-no account filed
October 2006HailLake Zurich-no account filed
October 2006HailLake Zurich-no account filed
May 2000HailLake Zurich-no account filed
May 2000HailLake Zurich-no account filed
August 1993HailLake Zurich-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lake 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
Lake Zurich Highlands0.4 miles21
Ancient Oaks0.7 miles21
Old Mill Grove0.8 miles21
Lake Zurich Estates0.9 miles21
Timber Trails0.9 miles21
Echo Lake0.9 miles21
Countryside East1.0 miles21
The Woodland1.1 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 411743. 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.