BlockNorth Northfield, Illinois
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Northfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60062. The Survey maps it on the Wheeling quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 23 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.
- 1900 USGS Highwood quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1928 USGS Wheeling quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Wheeling quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Wheeling quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1980 USGS Waukegan quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Wheeling quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Wheeling quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of North Northfield: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deerfield Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Northbrook City Dept of Public Work | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Aptakisic Sand Corp. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cow Hey Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Northfield in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2014: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Northfield | 1 killed | A large tree was blown down striking and killing a bicyclist on a bike trail. |
| September 2008 | Flood | North Northfield | $5,000,000 | Officials in Des Plaines urged residents along the Des Plaines River to evacuate as waters rose to near record levels. An estimated 25 residents of the Big Bend Drive area were rescued by firefighters using boats. Other rescues occurred on Berry Lane and Mill Street. River Road was closed through Des Plaines and Mt. Prospect. Many roads in River Forest were closed. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Northfield | - | There were two reports of winds estimated to 70 mph near Northbrook. Tree tops were bent horizontally. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Northfield | - | A large tree limb was blown off a willow tree near the 2700 block of Sanders Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanders Prairie | 0.2 miles | 23 | |
| Avanti Ridge | 0.2 miles | 23 | |
| Picardy Circle | 0.2 miles | 23 | |
| Normandy Hill | 0.3 miles | 23 | |
| Lakeshire | 0.3 miles | 23 | |
| Sutton Point | 0.3 miles | 23 | |
| Regency Place | 0.4 miles | 23 | |
| Charlemagne | 0.4 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.
| Wikidata item Q122540108 | 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 414631. 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.