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Mundelein, Illinois

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Libertyville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60060. The Survey maps it on the Grayslake quadrangle. 31,560 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Mundelein within Lake County

Population over time

2 figures

Mundelein grew from 31,064 to 31,560 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
201031,064
202031,560+496 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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.

In the county-history sources

2,542 words on this township

The Past and Present of Lake County, Illinois, published 1877 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Libertyville Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Libertyville Township - 2,542 words.

Fires near this place

14 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Mundelein between 2012 and 2018, burning about 11 acres 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/undetermined9
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
1 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources9118
1 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources8118
9 July 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesDEC-79
8 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources18-2269
26 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources12-0482
1 June 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources60118
8 May 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources18-1522
30 April 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources18-1413

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Mundelein: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mundelein PitStonePast Producer
Unamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lake County Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Peterson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lake County

Storms near this place

26 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mundelein in 26 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 2 heavy rain, 2 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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
February 2024Tornado (EF1)Mundelein1 hurtThis tornado had a very short path with damage confined primarily to a single two-story apartment building. Most of the roof was removed from the building, and a portion of the brick facade also collapsed when the roof was removed. Two large softwood trees in the parking lot east of the building were uprooted. Debris was deposited to the east across the street, where a few tree branches were also snapped. In the apartment building south of the main one that was damaged, a resident described seeing a second story glass patio door on the east side being pulled out and shattered by the winds. One 13 year old resident sustained bad bruising after part of his ceiling collapsed and struck him in the arm.
August 2008LightningMundelein$50,000A house on East Hawthorne Boulevard was struck by lightning, which caused a fire in the attic. The house suffered roof and ceiling damage.
September 2010LightningMundelein$10,000An 18 inch diameter tree was struck by lightning on High Street. Part of the tree fell onto a house.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindMundelein$2,000Trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindMundelein$2,000Several trees and power lines were blown down in Mundelein.
June 2024Heavy RainMundelein-Private weather station KILMUNDE40 recorded a 3 hour rainfall amount of 4.91.
July 2022HailMundelein-Multiple reports of penny to quarter size hail were received from Mundelein.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindMundelein-Large tree limbs were blown down near Shaddle Avenue and French Drive.
April 2016HailMundelein-Ping pong ball size hail was reported near Chevy Chase Road. Quarter size hail was reported near Carmel High School and near the intersection of Butterfield and North Huntington Roads.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindMundelein-Multiple trees at least 18 inches in diameter were blown down near the intersection of Hammond Street and Seymour Avenue. A 15-inch diameter tree was blown down on Lake Street just East of Butterfield Road.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindMundelein-Tree limbs of up to 4 inches in diameter were blown down. Some large trees were snapped, blocking roads.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindMundelein-Trees 15 to 20 inches in diameter were blown down.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindMundelein-One tree was uprooted and numerous tree limbs were blown down.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindMundelein-Trees and tree limbs up to 18 inches in diameter were blown down along High Street between Route 45 and Walnut Court. Other tree limbs were blown down in parts of Mundelein.
April 2006HailMundelein-Penny size hail was reported at Midlothian and Cokenberg Roads.
July 2006Heavy RainMundelein-1.70 inches of rain fell in 50 minutes.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindMundelein-A wind gust to 68 mph was measured.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindMundelein-Numerous branches, 10 to 20 feet in length blown down. Two trees blown down at Route 45 and Orchard.
May 2004Flash FloodMundelein-Route 45 was closed due to high water at the Route 137 bridge.
August 2022HailMundelein-no account filed
July 2017HailMundelein-no account filed
June 2014Thunderstorm WindMundelein-no account filed
May 2011HailMundelein-no account filed
April 2003HailMundelein-no account filed
July 2003HailMundelein-no account filed
May 2000HailMundelein-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lake 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
Rockefeller0.5 miles19
Diamond Lake1.3 miles21
Leithton1.7 miles23
Estates of Indian Creek2.1 miles21
Ivanhoe2.3 miles21
Creekside of Long Grove2.4 miles21
Bushs Corners2.5 miles19
Tiffany Estates2.6 miles21

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 MundeleinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1812582The 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 414233. 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.