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Dillonfield, Illinois

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Campton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60119. It stands on Campton Woods Run. The Survey maps it on the Elburn quadrangle.

Dillonfield within Kane County

On record in Dillonfield

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

1,023 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 Campton Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Campton Township - 1,023 words.

Fires near this place

9 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Dillonfield between 2013 and 2014, burning about 36 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined3
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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
7 September 2013Naturalunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2013-852
18 June 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2014-615
1 June 2014Power generation/transmission/distribution15 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2014-0548
28 May 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2014-536
7 April 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2014-343
7 April 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2014-345
6 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2014-332
6 April 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2013-301

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kane County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dillonfield: 1 producer, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Bald Mound Pit, Site #5Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Elburn Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Highland Avenue PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working 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
Appaloosa West0.4 miles13
La Fox0.8 miles13
Sunset Villa1.1 miles13
Native Prairie1.3 miles13
Forest Hills1.4 miles13
Still Meadows1.9 miles13
High Point1.9 miles13
Campton Pines2.0 miles13

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 Q122555313The 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 2025852. 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.