BlockCoventry Creek, Illinois
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Cherry Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61109. It stands on South Branch Kishwaukee River. The Survey maps it on the Cherry Valley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1918 USGS Kirkland quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Cherry Valley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
16,109 words on this townshipThe History of Winnebago County, Illinois : Its Past and Present, Containing ... a Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics ... History of the Northwest, History of Illinois ... Etc, published 1877 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Cherry Valley Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Cherry Valley Township - 16,109 words.
Fires near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Coventry Creek between 2017 and 2019, burning about 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2019201 |
| 11 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2018-176 |
| 3 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1700059/1700061 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Coventry Creek: 7 past producers, 3 producers, 2 plants. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Valley Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rockview Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gantzer Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mill Package 1978 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Mulford Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Pagel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Rock View Stone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Rockford Materials | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Sahlstrom Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Sand Hollow Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mulford Highlands | 0.5 miles | 17 | |
| Hickory View Estates | 0.6 miles | 17 | |
| Perryville | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| Coventry Hills East | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Coventry Hills | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Panorama Valley | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Valley View Farm | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Thorne Ledge | 1.6 miles | 15 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122590142 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1829289. 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.