Lakewood Shores, Illinois
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Wesley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60481. The Survey maps it on the Wilmington quadrangle. 665 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 564 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLakewood Shores fell from 1,347 to 665 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 | 1,347 | |
| 2020 | 665 | -682 (-51%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 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.
- 1892 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1918 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Lakewood Shores between 2005 and 2009, burning about 85 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Midewin National Tall Grass Prairie | ROUTE 53 FIRE |
| 15 June 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Midewin National Tall Grass Prairie | GORMAN FIRE |
| 5 May 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | BRACE9 |
| 6 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Midewin National Tall Grass Prairie | OLD CHICAGO FARM FIR |
| 6 April 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Midewin National Tall Grass Prairie | SOUTH ARSENAL FIRE |
| 27 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | BRACE7 |
| 18 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | BRACE3 |
| 18 March 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Midewin National Tall Grass Prairie | BARN FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Lakewood Shores: 2 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles & Son Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Fatlan Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lakewood Shores in 2 storm reports between 2023 and 2025: 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood Shores | - | A photo showed the roof above the front porch of a house partially collapsed. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood Shores | - | Trees were reported down at multiple residences along the Kankakee River in Wilmington. Time was estimated using radar. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winchester Estates | 1.4 miles | 23 | |
| Resthaven | 1.4 miles | 23 | |
| Riverwood Estates | 1.6 miles | 23 | |
| Wilmington | 1.8 miles | 23 | |
| Ballou | 2.3 miles | 21 | |
| Ritchie Station | 2.3 miles | 21 | |
| Custer Park | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Ritchie | 2.8 miles | 21 |
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 Lakewood Shores | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q575966 | 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 411771. 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.









