BlockMedinah, Illinois
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Bloomingdale Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60157. It stands on Meacham Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lombard quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1908 USGS Wheaton quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Wheaton quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Lombard quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Wheaton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Lombard quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Lombard quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Lombard quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
2,683 words on this townshipHistory Of Dupage County (1857), published 1857 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Bloomingdale Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Bloomingdale Township - 2,683 words.
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 Medinah: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoffman Estates City Eng.-Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ajax Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Curtis S&G Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mallard Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Meachum Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Medinah in 2 storm reports between 2023 and 2025: 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2025 | Flood | Medinah | - | Multiple reports were received of minor street flooding in the Bloomingdale, Glendale Heights, Carol Stream, Wheaton, and Glen Ellyn areas. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Medinah | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roselle | 1.5 miles | 19 | |
| Bloomingdale | 2.3 miles | 19 | |
| Itasca | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Keeneyville | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Wood Dale | 4.0 miles | 23 | |
| Swift | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Cloverdale | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| Addison | 4.8 miles | 23 |
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 Medinah | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3304036 | 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 421941. 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.
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.