BlockRichton Park, Illinois
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Rich Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60471. The Survey maps it on the Steger quadrangle. 12,775 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
2 figuresRichton Park fell from 13,646 to 12,775 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 | 13,646 | |
| 2020 | 12,775 | -871 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1930 USGS Steger quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Crete quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Steger quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Kankakee quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Steger quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Kankakee quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Steger quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Richton Park: 1 past producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Hghts City Eng | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richton Park in 8 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richton Park | $500 | Power lines and small tree limbs were blown down. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richton Park | - | A photo was shared via Twitter that shows a portion of a parapet wall that had been blown off of a strip mall on the southwest corner of Governors Hwy and Sauk Trail in Richton Park. Wind magnitude and time were estimated based on radar. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richton Park | - | An 11-inch branch broke off of a tree on Lakewood Blvd in Park Forest. Wind magnitude and time were estimated based on radar. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richton Park | - | Three utility poles were leaning near Suak Trail and Governor's Highway. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richton Park | - | Four inch diameter trees were snapped near Interstate 57 and Route 30. Other debris was reported in the road. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Richton Park | - | Quarter size hail was reported near Route 30 and Harlem Avenue. |
| April 2007 | Flood | Richton Park | - | Governor Highway and Madison Avenue closed due to flooding. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Richton Park | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matteson | 1.4 miles | 25 | |
| Park Forest | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Olympia Fields | 2.5 miles | 25 | |
| Crawford Countryside | 2.6 miles | 25 | |
| Indian Hill | 3.2 miles | 25 | |
| Graymoor | 3.3 miles | 25 | |
| Sunny Crest | 3.6 miles | 25 | |
| Steger | 3.7 miles | 17 |
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 Richton Park | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2148211 | 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 416619. 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.