BlockMatteson, Illinois
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Rich Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60443. The Survey maps it on the Harvey quadrangle. 19,073 people lived here at the 2020 count.
On record in Matteson
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- The Rockwell Houselisted 2024 · 0.7 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresMatteson grew from 19,009 to 19,073 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 | 19,009 | |
| 2020 | 19,073 | +64 (+0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 25 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 Harvey quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Harvey quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Harvey quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Harvey quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Harvey quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Matteson 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 July 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 18 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Matteson: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Hghts City Eng | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
23 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Matteson in 23 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 flood, 2 flash 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 2006 | Flash Flood | Matteson | $250,000 | Very heavy rains fell across parts of southern Cook County. In Matteson, viaducts flooded on Governors Highway. The viaduct at 214th street had 5 feet of water and the viaduct at 218th street had 9 feet of water. A city rain gauge measured 1.50 inches of rain in 45 minutes and 3 inches in four hours. Numerous other streets were flooded along with some flooded basements. Basement flooding was also reported in Richton Park. Storm total rainfall amounts included 3.13 inches in Park Forest, 2.81 inches in Lansing and 2.09 inches in Manhattan. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Matteson | $100,000 | In Matteson there was sporadic damage to commercial buildings across a half mile wide path along and south of Route 30 and Cicero Ave. Garage doors were blown in at a service station, and there was damage to roofs and HVAC units on roofs to a few buildings around the Lincoln Mall Shopping Center. There were a few trees blown down in a wooded area just southeast of the mall. Two semis were overturned on I-57 near Sauk Trail. |
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Matteson | $100,000 | There was an intense narrow path of damage starting just southeast of the intersection of Lincoln Highway and Governors Highway. The concentrated path went from near Memorial Park to the train platform at Main Street and Hickory. In this neighborhood many large limbs were down and some trees were uprooted. A garage was destroyed and the roof of the train platform was damaged. Winds through this area were likely 90 to 105 mph, which is EF1 on the enhanced Fujita Scale. The path of the damage was from northwest to southeast, but many of the trees were blown from southwest to northeast, across the damage path. This indicated there was likely rotation. Several residents reported seeing rotation or a funnel cloud in this area. Lighter damage continued southeast of the railroad tracks near Wildwood Park and east to the Norwood Plaza at Western and 26th Street. It appears that the tornado dissipated in the forest preserve near 26th Street. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Matteson | $15,000 | Roof damage to a business building. Power lines also blown down. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Matteson | $10,000 | Tree and roof damage reported. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Matteson | $5,000 | Eight to ten trees were blown down on 216th Street blocking the road. Several tree limbs and power lines were blown down near 216th Street and Governors Highway. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Matteson | - | A photo showed hail 1 to 1.25 inches in diameter. |
| July 2024 | Tornado (EF2) | Matteson | - | A tornado with estimated peak winds of 130 mph touched down in Grundy County, moved northeast across Will County and crossed Harlem Avenue and into Cook County between Route 30 and Old Plank Road. The tornado had weakened as it moved into Cook County but still produced tree damage along its path, crossing Route 30, then crossing Interstate 57 and ending near Matteson Avenue just west of Cicero Avenue. |
| September 2024 | Heavy Rain | Matteson | - | Rainfall of 2.30 inches was reported in 30 minutes. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Matteson | - | Downed power poles were reported out of Matteson. |
| September 2023 | Flash Flood | Matteson | - | Numerous viaducts and underpasses were flooded across the southern suburbs of Chicago. Rainfall amounts included 2.99 inches in Park Forest and 2.90 inches in Peotone. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Matteson | - | Trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down in Park Forest. Multiple vehicles were damaged by fallen trees. Several homes had roof or siding damage. Part of a brick wall collapsed off a house. Widespread tree damage occurred in forest preserve areas near Park Forest. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Matteson | - | Numerous trees were damaged with tree limbs blown down. |
| May 2019 | Flood | Matteson | - | Governors Highway was closed between Route 30 and Sauk Trail due to flooding under a railroad bridge. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Matteson | - | Numerous large trees were blown down. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Matteson | - | Trees up to 60 feet tall were blown over and large tree limbs were blown down near Lincoln Highway and Governors Highway. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Matteson | - | Penny size hail was reported at Route 30 and Governors Highway. |
| October 2006 | Flood | Matteson | - | Six inches of water in the streets in Timber Ridge subdivision. |
| October 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Matteson | - | Tree branches were blown down blocking traffic near Interstate 57 and Vollmer Road. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Matteson | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Matteson | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Matteson | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Flood | Matteson | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crawford Countryside | 1.2 miles | 25 | |
| Richton Park | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Olympia Fields | 2.2 miles | 25 | |
| Park Forest | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Sunny Crest | 2.4 miles | 25 | |
| Graymoor | 2.7 miles | 25 | |
| Flossmoor Highlands | 2.9 miles | 25 | |
| Flossmoor | 3.1 miles | 25 |
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 Matteson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1998830 | 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 413127. 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.