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Coleman, Illinois

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1998. It stands in St. Charles Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60177. It stands on Brewster Creek. The Survey maps it on the Geneva quadrangle.

Coleman within Kane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

3,815 words on this township

History of Kane County, Ill., published 1908 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on St. Charles Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on St. Charles Township - 3,815 words.

Fires near this place

10 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Coleman between 2013 and 2014, burning about 82 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
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
5 June 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2014-562
1 June 2014Power generation/transmission/distribution15 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2014-0548
4 May 2014Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2014-445
7 April 2014Arson/incendiarism50 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2014-340
7 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2014-339
7 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2014-337
6 April 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2013-300
5 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2014-328

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Coleman: 7 past producers, 3 producers, 2 plants. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Elgin City PitStonePast Producer
Fox River QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fox River QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bartlett PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bartlett Plant & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hammond Plant & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hammonds Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Meyer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Route 20 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
South Elgin Plant & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Kane County

Storms near this place

2 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coleman in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2020: 1 hail, 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
May 2020Flash FloodColeman-Route 25 was closed due to flooding near Gilberts Street.
April 2010HailColeman-Quarter size hail was reported at Spring and Wedgewood.

Every storm recorded in Kane 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
Five Island Park0.8 miles17
Valley View0.9 miles17
South Elgin1.1 miles17
Fox River Heights1.1 miles17
Fox River Estates1.4 miles17
Novak Park1.7 miles17
River Grange Lakes1.9 miles17
Clintonville2.0 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 406351. 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.