Cinnamon Creek, Illinois
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Homer Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60491. The Survey maps it on the Mokena quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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.
- 1890 USGS Des Plaines quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Des Plaines quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Des Plaines quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Des Plaines quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1929 USGS Mokena quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Mokena quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Mokena quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Mokena quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Mokena quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Cinnamon Creek in 2020, burning under an acre 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 | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 20-0002215 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Cinnamon Creek: 2 past producers, 2 plants, 1 producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lemont Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lemont Quarry Consumers Company | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| (Facility) Mobil Oil Joilet Refinery | Sulfur | Plant | ||
| (Facility) Union 76 Chicago Refinery | Sulfur | Plant | ||
| Texaco Lockport Plant | Sulfur | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stadler Ridge Estates | 0.4 miles | 23 | |
| Cedar Glen | 0.6 miles | 23 | |
| Cedar Acres | 0.9 miles | 23 | |
| Bristol Heights | 1.0 miles | 23 | |
| Pavinita | 1.1 miles | 23 | |
| Mallard Lake Estates | 1.1 miles | 23 | |
| Twin Creek | 1.2 miles | 26 | |
| Woodbine | 1.2 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2356084. 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.











