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Coventry Hills, Illinois

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Cherry Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61109. The Survey maps it on the Rockford South quadrangle.

Coventry Hills within Winnebago County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

16,109 words on this township

The 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 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Coventry Hills 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 burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
22 April 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2019201
11 March 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2018-176
3 February 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources1700059/1700061

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Winnebago 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 Coventry Hills: 6 past producers, 4 producers, 2 plants. 6 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cherry Valley Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rockview PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sahlstrom Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gantzer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mill Package 1978Stone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Mulford Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Rock View StoneStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rockford MaterialsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sahlstrom QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sand Hollow QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Winnebago 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
Coventry Hills East0.4 miles15
Panorama Valley0.5 miles15
Mulford Highlands0.8 miles17
Coventry Creek1.1 miles15
Hickory View Estates1.2 miles17
Perryville1.3 miles15
Valley View Farm1.5 miles15
Valley View2.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1829290. 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.