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Champlin, Illinois

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 2001. It stands in Avoca Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61739. The Survey maps it on the Southeast Pontiac quadrangle.

Champlin within Livingston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

114 words on this township

Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Livingston County, Vol. 2 by Strawn, Johnson, and Franzen (1909)., published 1909 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Avoca Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Avoca Township - 114 words.

Fires near this place

6 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Champlin in 2010, burning about 171 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined5
Natural1

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
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesFAIRBURY2
15 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesFAIRBURY
6 June 2010Natural5.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesAVOCA
13 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined75 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesDAVIS
1 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesGOULD
24 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesALLAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Livingston County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Champlin: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
FairburyStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mc Dowell Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Western Stone Div. PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Weston QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Livingston 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
Lodemia2.0 miles15
Avoca (historical)2.2 miles15
Fairbury3.0 miles12
McDowell3.9 miles15
Forrest7.5 miles13
Ocoya7.5 miles15
Wing8.1 miles13
Pontiac8.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422540. 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.