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Wheaton, Illinois

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Milton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60187. It lies near Blanchard Hill. The Survey maps it on the Wheaton quadrangle. 53,970 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 748 feet above sea level.

Wheaton within DuPage County

On record in Wheaton

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 7 records

Population over time

2 figures

Wheaton grew from 52,894 to 53,970 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
201052,894
202053,970+1,076 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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.

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 Wheaton: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Warrenville Plant & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dupage City Hwy. Dept. PitStonePast Producer
Glen Ellyn City PitStonePast Producer
Village of Lombard PitStonePast Producer
Wheaton City PitStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in DuPage County

Storms near this place

48 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wheaton in 48 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 27 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 4 flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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
July 2025Thunderstorm WindWheaton1 hurtA tree fell onto a moving car with a tree limb breaking through the windsheild and injuring a passenger who was transported to a hospital with minor injuries.
June 2007LightningWheaton$100,000A multi-family apartment was damaged by fire after a lightning strike near Naperville and Butterfield Roads.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindWheaton$30,000The top of a huge tree was snapped off and crashed through part of a bedroom of a house causing significant damage.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWheaton$15,000A large tree fell onto two cars.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindWheaton$10,000A tree and power lines were blown down onto a car.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindWheaton$3,000Ten to twelve trees on the north side of Wheaton were damaged. Power lines were also blown down.
December 2007Thunderstorm WindWheaton$2,000Numerous tree limbs and power lines were blown down.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWheaton$1,000Trees and power lines were blown down near County Farm Road and Route 38.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindWheaton-A wooden utilitly pole with a tornado siren was blown down.
July 2024Flash FloodWheaton-Main Street was impassable with approximately 10 inches of water between Indiana Street and Roosevelt Road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWheaton-A report came in of multiple trees downed in Wheaton. Time and wind speed were estimated using radar.
July 2023HailWheaton-One inch hail was reported near the College Avenue Metra station in Wheaton. Time was estimated using radar.
May 2022FloodWheaton-Multiple photos shared on social media showed street flooding in Wheaton. A few locations were flooded up to a couple of feet in depth.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindWheaton-A photo shared on social media showed a large tree blown down on a house.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindWheaton-A tree and a power line were blown down near President and Chase Streets.
May 2020Flash FloodWheaton-Several feet of water was reported in a park near downtown Wheaton.
August 2020Tornado (EF1)Wheaton-A brief tornado with peak winds of 90 mph touched down near Seminary Avenue and Scott Street and moved northeast where it knocked a roughly 50 foot steeple around to the north side of the College Church of Wheaton. The tornado then produced minor tree damage before lifting near Collage Avenue and Howard Street.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindWheaton-A five foot diameter tree was uprooted and trees were blown down onto houses in the vicinity of Roosevelt and County Farm Roads.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindWheaton-The top half of a large tree limb was snapped.
May 2019FloodWheaton-Numerous roads were closed in Wheaton due to standing water.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindWheaton-Emergency managers in DuPage County measured 62 mph wind gusts in Wheaton while a mesonet just north of Wheaton measured 59 mph wind gusts.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindWheaton-Winds were estimated to 60 mph.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindWheaton-Transformers exploded when an estimated 75 mph gust occurred near the intersection of Roosevelt Road and County Farm Road.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindWheaton-A tree was blown down on Manchester Road.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindWheaton-Tree limbs and power lines were blown down.
July 2010FloodWheaton-A creek between Gables Boulevard and Woodlawn Street quickly rose one foot out of its banks with four to six inches of water on nearby streets.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindWheaton-An eighteen inch diameter tree limb fell onto the roof of house on North Cross Street.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindWheaton-A tree was blown down.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindWheaton-Trees were blown down at Wheaton College.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindWheaton-Estimated gust to 70 mph.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindWheaton-Numerous trees uprooted with an estimated wind gust to 90 mph at Dupage County EOC at Gary Avenue and Jewel Road.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindWheaton-Estimated gust to 65 mph.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindWheaton-Numerous small to medium sized branches blown down.
July 2006HailWheaton-Nickel size hail was reported at North Avenue and County Farm Road.
October 2006Thunderstorm WindWheaton-Power lines blown down across all of Dupage County.
October 2005HailWheaton-Quarter size hail reported near Butterfield and Naperville Roads.
August 2003HailWheaton-Reported at Gary Avenue and Geneva Street.
July 1997Tornado (F1)Wheaton-The tornado path started near Cantigny at Roosevelt Road and ended just southeast of the Danada Shopping Center at Naperville Road and Butterfield Road.Extensive damage occurred at the Danada Square West shopping center, where windows were blown out. Many large trees were downed and a large tree was uprooted. A few houses sustained some structural damage, with one house condemned because of major structural damage. Several houses also incurred damage to fences, decks, roofs and windows. One house lost its garage door and part of the wall to the storm.
April 2023HailWheaton-no account filed
May 2019HailWheaton-no account filed
August 2014HailWheaton-no account filed
July 2012HailWheaton-no account filed
July 2012HailWheaton-no account filed
April 2003HailWheaton-no account filed
July 2003HailWheaton-no account filed
July 2003HailWheaton-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindWheaton-no account filed
July 2001FloodWheaton-no account filed

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
Jewell Road1.7 miles20
Gretna2.2 miles19
Glen Ellyn2.3 miles19
Saddlewood2.4 miles19
Foxcroft2.7 miles21
Shorewood2.7 miles19
Geneva Road2.8 miles20
Winfield2.9 miles20

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 WheatonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q575315The 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 422152. 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.