BlockDayton, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Colona Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61241. The Survey maps it on the Green Rock quadrangle. It stands 604 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1937 USGS Orion quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Green Rock quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Aledo quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Aledo quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Green Rock quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
4,324 words on this townshipHistory of Henry County, Illinois : It's Taxpayers and Voters; Containing Also, a Biographical Directory, a Condensed History of the State; Map of the County; a Business Directory...etc, published 1877 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Colona Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Colona Township - 4,324 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 Dayton between 2017 and 2018, burning about 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 18-108 MM 1 I-88 |
| 12 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 18-043 |
| 20 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 17-032 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Dayton: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mc Dowell Sand & Excavating | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Oberlander Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cleveland Quarry Plant #31 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hillside Plt & Quay Midway Stone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Rock River Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green River | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Cleveland | 1.2 miles | 23 | |
| Level Acres | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| Colona | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Green Rock | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Briar Bluff | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Woodcrest | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Hickory Hills | 3.7 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Dayton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5243471 | 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 407006. 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.