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Camp Logan, Illinois

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Benton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60099. It lies near Kellogg Ravine. The Survey maps it on the Zion quadrangle.

Camp Logan within Lake County

On record in Camp Logan

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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.

In the county-history sources

1,620 words on this township

The Past and Present of Lake County, Illinois, published 1877 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Benton Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Benton Township - 1,620 words.

Fires near this place

9 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Camp Logan between 2003 and 2019, burning about 1,290 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesNORTH UNIT
24 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources18-0001610
8 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources390
5 April 2015Misuse of fire by a minor750 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources15-314
28 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined450 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesZION
4 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources462
17 March 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesSOUTH
19 November 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesSTERNO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Camp Logan: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone. 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
Zion City PitStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Lake 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
Winthrop Harbor1.1 miles16
Zion1.5 miles16
Winthrop Harbor Station1.8 miles16
Dunes Park3.0 miles16
Beach Station3.4 miles16
Beach Park3.6 miles16
Bancroft Corners3.8 miles16
Eddy4.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1772829. 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.

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.