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.
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
Ford Airport Hangerlisted 1985
Population over time
2 figuresLansing 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 28,331 | |
| 2020 | 29,076 | +745 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 27 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 Calumet quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Calumet quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Calumet quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Calumet quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1929 USGS Calumet City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Calumet City quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Calumet City quadrangle1:24000
- 1968 USGS Calumet City quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1980 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Calumet City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Calumet City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2009Regional 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/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | HOOSIER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Harbison-Walker/ Hammond, Ind. | Chromium | Producer | ||
| Thorton Plant Lime | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Gary #1 Plant | Clay | Plant | ||
| Gary #8 Plant | Clay | Plant | ||
| Yard M Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Brownell Improvement Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| City of Calumet - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Thornton Underground Mine No. 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Thorton Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 2003Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Flash Flood | Lansing | $3,500,000 | An 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 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lansing | $50,000 | A pilot reported that a tied down Cessna 172 was flipped over at the Lansing Airport. A construction trailer was also pushed over. |
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Lansing | $10,000 | A 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lansing | - | Multiple large tree limbs were broken and a pine tree was uprooted on the north side of Lansing. Damage to shingles also occurred. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lansing | - | 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lansing | - | Multiple trees were uprooted in Lansing. Time was estimated using radar. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lansing | - | A 15 inch diameter tree was downed near 182nd St and Violet Rd in Lansing. |
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | Lansing | - | Street flooding was reported near 178th St and Burnham Ave in Lansing. |
| May 2020 | Heavy Rain | Lansing | - | Rainfall of 1.70 inches was measured in 45 minutes with a storm total of 2.15 inches. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lansing | - | Large tree limbs were blown down. |
| April 2007 | Flood | Lansing | - | Several streets closed with up to 18 inches of standing water. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Lansing | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Lansing | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lansing | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lansing | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Lansing | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Lansing | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lansing | - | 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.
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 Lansing | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2668483 | 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 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.












