Northfield, Illinois
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Northfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60093. It stands on Skokie River. The Survey maps it on the Park Ridge quadrangle. 5,751 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 633 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresNorthfield grew from 5,420 to 5,751 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 | 5,420 | |
| 2020 | 5,751 | +331 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1900 USGS Highwood quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1929 USGS Park Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Park Ridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Park Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Waukegan quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Park Ridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS Park Ridge quadrangle1:24000
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 Northfield: 5 past producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glencoe City Engr. - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Morton Grove City Eng. - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Northbrook City Dept of Public Work | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Wilmette City Eng. - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Winnetka City Eng. - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Northfield in 13 storm reports between 2004 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 hail, 2 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. |
| October 2006 | Flash Flood | Northfield | $250,000 | Edens Expressway closed near Willow Road from flooding, 2.74 inches of rain measured in Northbrook. Five inches of water covered the intersection of Talcott and Stephens in Lemont. Three to Eight inches of water was reported on Interstate 55 at mile marker 275 in Burr Ridge. Street flooding was reported on Hiawatha and Lehigh roads in Chicago. In Cicero, street flooding was reported with water up to 3 feet deep. Basement flooding was also reported. Storm total rainfall was 3.80 inches in Burbank and 2.62 inches in Barrington. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Northfield | - | Traffic was stopped at the underpass at I-94 and Winnetka Rd due to flooding. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Northfield | - | Most hail was penny size with the largest hail roughly ping pong ball size. |
| July 2022 | Funnel Cloud | Northfield | - | Multiple funnel cloud reports were received from the Northfield and Northbrook areas, including from the O'Hare Airport control tower, an airline pilot and the public. It appears there was just one well developed funnel cloud that persisted for several minutes and observed by multiple people. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Northfield | - | Trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down in Northfield. One tree fell onto a house and another tree fell onto a car. Most of the damage was located in the vicinity of Dickens Road, Riverside Drive, Winnetka Road and Stockton Road. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Northfield | - | Traffic standstill on Interstate 94 at Winnetka Rd. Flooded roads have forced people onto roofs of cars. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Northfield | - | Both directions of Edens Expressway closed due to flooding at Winnetka Road. |
| 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. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Northfield | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Northfield | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willowbrook Acres | 1.3 miles | 19 | |
| DorothyStirling Estates | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Homefinders | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Kimberleigh | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Royal Ridge | 1.5 miles | 19 | |
| Sunset Court | 1.5 miles | 19 | |
| Driftwood | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| Northbrook Greens | 1.6 miles | 19 |
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 Northfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1014178 | 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 414696. 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.








