BlockArmsby, Illinois
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Hebron Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60034. The Survey maps it on the Hebron quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1926 USGS Mc Henry quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS McHenry quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS McHenry quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Hebron quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Hebron quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
11,150 words on this townshipHistory of McHenry County, Illinois : Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns : Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History : Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens, Also a Condensed History of Illinois .., published 1885 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Hebron Township covers named by a ladt, settled in ~i 1836, first settlers, location, topography, first events.
Read the chapter on Hebron Township - 11,150 words.
Fires near this place
8 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Armsby (historical) between 2013 and 2018, burning about 16 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 13-345 |
| 7 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 18-165 |
| 7 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 14-176 |
| 5 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 13-128 |
| 29 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 18-152 |
| 22 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 18-145 |
| 18 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 18-096 |
| 22 October 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 18-0364 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebron | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Belden | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Barnard Mill (historical) | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Richmond | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Greenwood | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Alden | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Wonder Center | 6.8 miles | 17 | |
| Sunrise Ridge | 6.9 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1705567. 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.