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Lansing, Illinois

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Thornton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60438. The Survey maps it on the Calumet City quadrangle. 29,076 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Lansing within Cook County

On record in Lansing

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Lansing grew from 28,331 to 29,076 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
201028,331
202029,076+745 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 27 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 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Lansing in 2009, burning about 1 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/undetermined1

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
22 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIndiana Dunes National LakeshoreHOOSIER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cook County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Lansing: 5 producers, 3 past producers, 2 plants. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
Al Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Harbison-Walker/ Hammond, Ind.ChromiumProducer
Thorton Plant LimeLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Gary #1 PlantClayPlant
Gary #8 PlantClayPlant
Yard M Clay PitClayProducer
Brownell Improvement Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
City of Calumet - Own CrewsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Thornton Underground Mine No. 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Thorton Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Cook County

Storms near this place

18 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lansing in 18 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 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
August 2025Flash FloodLansing$3,500,000An estimated 700 structures were flooded in southeast Cook County, including Dolton, Harvey, South Holland, and Thornton. Two lanes of I-294 near the quarry in Thornton were covered in water. Damages in the area are estimated at around $3.5 million.
October 2006Thunderstorm WindLansing$50,000A pilot reported that a tied down Cessna 172 was flipped over at the Lansing Airport. A construction trailer was also pushed over.
June 2008Tornado (EF0)Lansing$10,000A brief tornado touched down near 179th street, east of Burnham Road and ended near the Indiana State line and 177th Street. Several tree limbs were blown down. One tree limb fell onto a car.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindLansing-Multiple large tree limbs were broken and a pine tree was uprooted on the north side of Lansing. Damage to shingles also occurred.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindLansing-Widespread wind damage occurred to trees, utility poles and power lines in Lansing. Numerous trees were uprooted or snapped. Many roads were blocked by fallen trees, utility poles and power lines. Several tree limbs fell onto houses causing damage. Other houses had shingles removed. A parked car on Commercial Street suffered significant damage when a tree fell on it. A railroad crossing gate was wrapped around the signal tower at a crossing on Torrence Avenue. Wind gusts were estimated to 90 mph.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindLansing-Multiple trees were uprooted in Lansing. Time was estimated using radar.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindLansing-A 15 inch diameter tree was downed near 182nd St and Violet Rd in Lansing.
July 2023Flash FloodLansing-Street flooding was reported near 178th St and Burnham Ave in Lansing.
May 2020Heavy RainLansing-Rainfall of 1.70 inches was measured in 45 minutes with a storm total of 2.15 inches.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindLansing-Large tree limbs were blown down.
April 2007FloodLansing-Several streets closed with up to 18 inches of standing water.
May 2014HailLansing-no account filed
June 2012HailLansing-no account filed
March 2007Thunderstorm WindLansing-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindLansing-no account filed
July 2003HailLansing-no account filed
July 2003HailLansing-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindLansing-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cook 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
Oakglen1.0 miles27
Bernice1.1 miles27
Globe2.5 miles27
Schrum2.6 miles27
Lynwood2.6 miles27
Calumet City3.5 miles27
Thornton3.7 miles27
Glenwood3.7 miles27

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 LansingAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2668483The 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 411819. 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.