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Chittenden, Illinois

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Warren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60031. The Survey maps it on the Wadsworth quadrangle.

Chittenden within Lake County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

838 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 Warren Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Warren Township - 838 words.

Fires near this place

4 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Chittenden between 2003 and 2018, burning about 1,204 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1

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
10 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources12_2571
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
11 April 2018Debris and open burning4.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources18-0361

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Chittenden: 5 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), Tungsten, Iodine. 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
Abbotts North Chicago Iodine PlantIodinePlant
Fansteel #1 Tantalum PlantTantalum, Niobium (Columbium), TungstenProducer
Economy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gurnee PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gurnee PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lake County Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wadsworth PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lake County

Storms near this place

1 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chittenden in 1 storm report in 2018: 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2018Flash FloodChittenden$20,000Route 41 was closed due to flooding between Route 137 and Route 176. Two cars were stuck in the flood waters.

Every storm 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
Gurnee0.6 miles19
Spaulding Corners1.0 miles19
Dillys Corners2.2 miles17
Park City2.2 miles19
Waukegan3.0 miles18
Sherman Corners3.5 miles19
Lambs Corners3.5 miles17
Bancroft Corners3.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1772839. 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.

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.