Page "Naperville, Illinois" Paragraph 10

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of.

of it is land and of it is water.

Portions of the city of Naperville drain to the West Branch of the DuPage River within DuPage County.

Specifically, in the flood of 1996, downtown businesses in the City of Naperville incurred a significant amount of damage.

Overall, however, Forest Preserve District ownership of a large amount of property along the West Branch has minimized development in flood plains and has helped reduce the amount of damages resulting from overbank flooding that have occurred in more developed watersheds in the County.