BlockBull Valley, Illinois
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Nunda Township. It stands on Boone Creek. The Survey maps it on the McHenry quadrangle.
On record in Bull Valley
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Terwilliger Houselisted 1979 · 1.0 miles away
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 McHenry quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS McHenry quadrangle1:24000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Nunda township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Wolf Scalps
A few years prior to 1850 the county gave a bounty of $15 for each wolf's scalp that had been taken within the limits of the county. This was a bonanza for the hunters, and not only was this county scoured in search of the valuable prey, but adjoining counties robbed of wolves, which were brought alive across the line into this county where they were killed and bounty claimed on the scalps.
In the county-history sources
24,929 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; History of McHenry County, Illinois, published 1922 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Nunda Township covers location, topography, lakes and streams, railroads, name of township, settlement.
Read the chapter on Nunda Township - 24,929 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bull Valley: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Copper Deposit | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Reed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| West Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Woodstock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bull Valley in 3 storm reports between 2021 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bull Valley | - | Power lines were blown down in a roadway. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bull Valley | - | Tree limbs were blown down near Bull Valley. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bull Valley | - | A wind gust to 68 mph was measured on a personal weather station. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holcombville Corners | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Ridgefield | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Terra Cotta | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Sunrise Ridge | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Wonder Lake | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| McCullom Lake | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Wonder Center | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| McHenry | 4.8 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1669472. 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.