Illinois Discussion Thread

[flight50]

Here's a fun milestone that I don't know if anyone else caught: Illinois has brought the total number of settlements in ATS--scenic and marked--to over 1000.

So ATS could be knocking on the door of 2000 by time its all said and done. That would be cool. Now it we could get...lets say 1 cargo per total number of settlements and marked towns, that would be impressive.

[russ99]

We’ve had a lot of heavy rain here but this seems unbelievable, and all of us with the Illinois DLC know how much water this is!

https://thelansingjournal.org/2026/07/0 ... -rainfall/

[oldmanclippy]

Wow, so that's the part on the north side of I-80, right? Crazy.

[flight50]

That's crazy. That is a 39.5% difference in the previous record. Talk about the 100 year flood that Civil has to account for...this was it lol. I don't have the dlc yet but I've seen pics to understand how massive it is. If I'm lucky, I'll get to own the dlc in Nov/Dec. Otherwise it will be next year before I can experience Thornton.

[Shiva]

At the end of the article russ99 linked:

The Thornton Composite Reservoir is one of three reservoirs, including the Majewski Reservoir near Elk Grove Village and McCook Reservoir in Bedford Park. Thornton’s reservoir includes a service area of 91 square miles and 36.7 miles of tunnels from communities including Lansing.

McCook Reservoir at max capacity too https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c ... n/3958100/

According to the latest estimates from the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the McCook Reservoir in suburban Bedford Park has more than 3.6 billion gallons of water in it, meaning it is at full capacity. Officials say this is the sixth time in 2026 the reservoir has hit capacity, compared to the five times it had been full in the previous five years combined.

Gloria Alitto Majewski MWRD Reservoir, seems to be a smaller backup one.