BlockPark Ridge, Illinois
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Maine Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60068. The Survey maps it on the Park Ridge quadrangle. 39,656 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 640 feet above sea level.
On record in Park Ridge
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Illinois Industrial School for Girlslisted 1998
Pickwick Theater Buildinglisted 1975
Population over time
3 figuresPark Ridge grew from 37,775 to 39,656 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 37,775 | |
| 2010 | 37,480 | -295 (-1%) |
| 2020 | 39,656 | +2,176 (+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
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Park Ridge: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morton Grove City Eng. - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Niles City Dept of Public Works | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Park Ridge in 19 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 lightning, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1996 | Lightning | Park Ridge | 1 killed | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Ridge | $25,000 | Tree limbs, utility poles and power lines were blown down. A large tree limb fell on a parked car causing significant damage. |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Ridge | $25,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down, damage was reported to some houses. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Ridge | $10,000 | Part of a large tree was blown down on a house on Riverview Street in Des Plaines. Another tree was blown down on two parked cars on Circle Street. Numerous tree limbs were blown in other parts of Des Plaines. |
| October 2010 | Lightning | Park Ridge | $2,000 | Lightning struck the chimney of a two story office building, causing bricks to collapse and shoot across the highway. A piece of brick shattered a window at another building. Busse Highway was shut down until debris could be removed. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Ridge | - | A photo showed a tree limb 4 to 6 inches in diameter blown down. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Park Ridge | - | Golf ball size hail was reported near Cumberland Avenue and Touhy Avenue. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Ridge | - | A photo shared on social media showed roof damage to an apartment complex. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Ridge | - | Numerous tree limbs were blown down in Park Ridge. Wind gusts were estimated to 70 mph. |
| May 2018 | Flood | Park Ridge | - | Minor backyard and street flooding was reported in Park Ridge. Rainfall of 1.01 inches was measured in 45 minutes. |
| August 2018 | Heavy Rain | Park Ridge | - | Rainfall of 2.12 inches was measure in 45 minutes. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Ridge | - | A six inch tree was blown down and was blocking the road near Oakton Street and Algonquin Road. A four foot diameter tree was snapped at the base near Golf Road and Washington Road. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Ridge | - | A large tree limb over one foot in diameter was blown down. |
| June 2009 | Flood | Park Ridge | - | Two to three inches of water was reported on the southbound lanes of Interstate 294 near Touhy Avenue. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Ridge | - | Trees were blown down. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Park Ridge | - | Penny to nickel size hail reported at Touhy Road and Prospect Avenue. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Ridge | - | A spotter reported 55 to 60 mph winds. Tree limbs were blown down in Alsip and a limb fell on a car in Palos Heights. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Park Ridge | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Park Ridge | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edison | 1.2 miles | 26 | |
| Niles | 2.1 miles | 19 | |
| Rosemont | 2.6 miles | 23 | |
| Des Plaines | 2.7 miles | 19 | |
| Riverview | 3.2 miles | 26 | |
| Norridge | 3.4 miles | 26 | |
| Harwood Heights | 3.5 miles | 26 | |
| Morton Grove | 3.7 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 Park Ridge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q576273 | 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 415386. 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.