BlockCountry Hills, Illinois
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Green Garden Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60449. The Survey maps it on the Frankfort quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1930 USGS Frankfort quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Peotone quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Frankfort quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Kankakee quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Frankfort quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Kankakee quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Country Hills between 2012 and 2017, burning about 5 acres 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 12-690 |
| 15 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1700715 |
| 6 April 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 12-233 |
| 25 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1700369 |
| 2 April 2017 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1700280 |
| 5 March 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 12-140 |
| 13 March 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 12-172 |
| 11 March 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 12-166 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gorman Farm | 0.9 miles | 17 | |
| Ridgeland Lakes Estates | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Heatherbrook Estates | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Country Oaks | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Monee | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Country Meadows | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Peotone | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Andres | 5.4 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2355779. 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.