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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.

Cinnamon Creek within Will County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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.

Fires near this place

1 since 2020

Regional 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 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
1 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources20-0002215

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Will County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lemont PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lemont Quarry Consumers CompanyStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
(Facility) Mobil Oil Joilet RefinerySulfurPlant
(Facility) Union 76 Chicago RefinerySulfurPlant
Texaco Lockport PlantSulfurProducer

Every working recorded in Will 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
Stadler Ridge Estates0.4 miles23
Cedar Glen0.6 miles23
Cedar Acres0.9 miles23
Bristol Heights1.0 miles23
Pavinita1.1 miles23
Mallard Lake Estates1.1 miles23
Twin Creek1.2 miles26
Woodbine1.2 miles23

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.