BlockPalisades, Illinois
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Downers Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60527. The Survey maps it on the Sag Bridge quadrangle. It stands 607 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 26 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.
- 1890 USGS Des Plaines quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Des Plaines quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Des Plaines quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Des Plaines quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1928 USGS Sag Bridge quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Sag Bridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Sag Bridge quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Sag Bridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Sag Bridge quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
3,959 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 Downers Grove Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Downers Grove Township - 3,959 words.
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 Palisades: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Perlite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silbrico Expanded Perilite Plant | Perlite | Producer | ||
| Lemont Quarry Consumers Company | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Palisades in 2 storm reports in 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palisades | - | Tree limbs were blown down. |
| August 2024 | Heavy Rain | Palisades | - | A private weather station in far southeastern DuPage County recorded 3.3 inches of rain in roughly 1.25 hours. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tedens (historical) | 2.5 miles | 26 | |
| Burr Ridge | 2.6 miles | 26 | |
| Lace | 3.2 miles | 23 | |
| Willowbrook | 3.9 miles | 23 | |
| Darien | 4.3 miles | 24 | |
| Clarendon Hills | 5.9 miles | 23 | |
| Hinsdale | 6.0 miles | 23 | |
| Westmont | 6.1 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 Q7127588 | 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 423052. 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.