BlockSandwich, Illinois
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Sandwich Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60548. The Survey maps it on the Plano quadrangle. 7,221 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 669 feet above sea level.
On record in Sandwich
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
Sandwich City Halllisted 1979
von KleinSmid Mansionlisted 1985
Population over time
2 figuresSandwich fell from 7,421 to 7,221 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 | 7,421 | |
| 2020 | 7,221 | -200 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1948 USGS Sandwich quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Sandwich quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Plano quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Plano 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 Sandwich: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plano Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
36 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sandwich in 36 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 28 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 lightning, 1 flash flood. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandwich | 2 hurt | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandwich | 1 hurt, $10,000 | Vehicles damaged by blown over shelters, one minor injury. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandwich | $40,000 | Three to six inch diameter tree limbs were blown down with numerous power lines blown down on Route 34 between Davis and Main Streets. A restaurant lost part of its roof. Storefront windows in downtown Sandwich were shattered. A car was damaged by a large tree limb. |
| August 2018 | Lightning | Sandwich | $20,000 | A house near the intersection of Fourth and DeKalb Streets was struck by lightning. The house's tower burst apart, exposing the third floor attic and other elements. Pieces of the roof, glass windows and electric outlets were blown across the street. Everyone in the home escaped with no injuries reported. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandwich | $20,000 | Sandwich Police reported numerous trees and power lines blown down. One tree fell on a vehicle, but the occupant was not harmed. |
| May 2011 | Lightning | Sandwich | $10,000 | A house on 3rd street in Sandwich was struck by lightning. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandwich | $4,000 | Four utility poles and ten spans of electrical wire were blown down at the Sandwich Fairgrounds. Several trees suffered minor damage and three large oak trees were blown down. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandwich | $2,000 | Many power lines were blown down along with tree damage reported. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandwich | $1,000 | Power poles were blown down by the high school. A home weather station observed a wind gust of 73 mph. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandwich | $1,000 | A trampoline was thrown over a garage and two fences were destroyed. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandwich | - | A tree was blown down on Castle Street south of Pleasant Avenue. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandwich | - | Photos showed several large tree limbs snapped in Sandwich, one hanging on power lines. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Sandwich | - | Half dollar size hail was reported east of Sandwich. |
| July 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Sandwich | - | According to high resolution satellite imagery and drone imagery provided by a private citizen, a brief tornado touched down near Harvey Creek Conservation Area Park on the southeast side of Sandwich. The tornado moved to the east-northeast crossing into Kendall County shortly after forming. The storm mainly impacted agricultural land but caused roof damage to an outbuilding south of Griswold Springs Road. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandwich | - | A tree was blown down onto power lines near Lisbon Street and Green Street. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandwich | - | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down throughout Sandwich. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandwich | - | Tree limbs and power lines were blown down in Sandwich. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandwich | - | Seven large and new utility poles were snapped about 10 feet up from their base along Somonauk Road, just south of Chicago Road. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandwich | - | Multiple trees were blown down, some onto houses. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Sandwich | - | Quarter to ping pong ball size hail was reported for three to four minutes. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandwich | - | Power lines were blown down at Latham Street and Railroad Street. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandwich | - | Tree limbs up to five inches in diameter were blown down. A four foot tall metal fence was also blown down. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandwich | - | A wind gust was measured to 60 mph. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandwich | - | Wind gusts were measured to 68 mph. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandwich | - | A dozen trees were damaged near Dummer School. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandwich | - | Wind gusts to 62 mph were measured by a spotter. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandwich | - | Tree damage reported in Sandwich. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandwich | - | Large tree limbs broken off by strong winds. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandwich | - | Emergency management reported a 62 mph wind gust at Sandwich. Tree limbs were blown down at Somonauk. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Sandwich | - | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Hail | Sandwich | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandwich | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandwich | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandwich | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Flash Flood | Sandwich | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandwich | - | 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.
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 Sandwich | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q577352 | 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 422074. 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.