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Westmont, Illinois

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Downers Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60559. The Survey maps it on the Hinsdale quadrangle. 24,429 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Westmont within DuPage County

On record in Westmont

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Westmont fell from 24,685 to 24,429 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.

YearPeople Change
201024,685
202024,429-256 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 printed sheets

Matched 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.

In the county-history sources

3,959 words on this township

History 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.

Fires near this place

1 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Westmont in 2005, burning under an acre in total. 1 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
25 June 2005Naturalunder an acreIllinois State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in DuPage County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Westmont: 4 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Downers Grove City PitStonePast Producer
Kugler PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Federal Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Wester Springs City Eng.-Own CrewsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in DuPage County

Storms near this place

19 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Westmont in 19 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 15 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2011Thunderstorm WindWestmont$10,000Winds were estimated between 60 and 75 mph across portions of east-central DuPage County causing numerous branches to fall and power outages. A large tree fell onto Route 53 approximately one mile north of Roosevelt Road blocking the northbound lane in Lombard. A 14 inch diameter tree fell onto a car near the intersection of Fordham Way and Longford Drive in Westmont. Also in Westmont, a neighborhood near 55th Street and Clarendon Hills Road had numerous 10 inch diameter or greater tree limbs blown down. A garage was heavily damaged by a falling tree in Elmhurst and a large tree was snapped off at its base on Berteau in Elmhurst.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindWestmont-A photo showed a tree blown down.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindWestmont-Widespread damage to trees on the north side of Westmont was determined to be the result of severe straight-line winds with magnitude up to 70 mph.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindWestmont-A 61 mph gust was recorded by a Davis personal weather station.
September 2022Flash FloodWestmont-The intersection of Burlington Avenue and Cass Avenue was flooded with 6 to 8 inches of flowing water just north of the train tracks.
April 2022Tornado (EF0)Westmont-A tornado with peak winds to 75 mph touched down just west of the Hilton Hotel and Willow Crest Golf Club, where an outbuilding had its roof removed. The tornado moved northeast, crossing Route 83 near Route 34 and then moved across Central Park where a light post was blown down. The tornado lifted just east of Jorie Boulevard. Tree limbs were snapped and a few trees were uprooted along the path of this tornado.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindWestmont-A large tree was blown down on Fairview Avenue by 7th Street.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindWestmont-Several trees were blown down in Westmont.
May 2020FloodWestmont-Flood waters at least one foot deep were reported on residential streets in Clarendon Hills.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindWestmont-Large tree limbs were blown down in Clarendon Hills and Hinsdale. The worst of the damage was north of the railroad tracks in Clarendon Hills where roads were blocked. The worst damage in Hinsdale appeared to be in the northeast part of the village.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindWestmont-Wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindWestmont-A 12 inch diameter tree snapped at the base.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindWestmont-Numerous tree limbs were blown down near 55th Street and Clarendon Hills Road. Some tree limbs were 10 inches or greater in diameter.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindWestmont-A 15 inch diameter tree was split down the middle with a 6 inch diameter branch broken off.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindWestmont-Several 4-inch diameter trees were blown down.
August 2011HailWestmont-Quarter size hail was reported at Prospect Avenue and Park Avenue. Penny size hail was reported near 55th Street and Clarendon Hills Road.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindWestmont-Wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindWestmont-Trees were blown down.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindWestmont-Wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph.

Every storm recorded in DuPage County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Clarendon Hills1.1 miles23
Hinsdale2.1 miles23
Downers Grove2.1 miles21
Willowbrook2.8 miles23
Lace3.1 miles23
Belmont3.3 miles21
Fullersburg3.4 miles23
Oak Brook3.6 miles23

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 WestmontAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1812554The 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 422149. 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.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

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.