Dunham Castle, Illinois
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1998. It stands in St. Charles Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60184. It stands on Country Club Road Run. The Survey maps it on the Geneva quadrangle.
On record in Dunham Castle
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.
Oaklawn Farmlisted 1979 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1932 USGS Geneva quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Geneva quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Geneva quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Geneva quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Geneva quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Geneva quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
3,815 words on this townshipHistory 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 St. Charles Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on St. Charles Township - 3,815 words.
Fires near this place
10 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Dunham Castle between 2013 and 2014, burning about 72 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 June 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014-562 |
| 4 May 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014-445 |
| 7 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 14-177 |
| 7 April 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014-340 |
| 7 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014-339 |
| 7 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014-337 |
| 6 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2013-300 |
| 5 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014-328 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Dunham Castle: 5 past producers, 3 producers, 3 plants. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fox River Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Fox River Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bartlett Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bartlett Plant & Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| East Riverdale Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Hammond Plant & Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hammonds Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Meyer Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| South Elgin Plant & Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Van Acker Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne | 0.1 miles | 17 | |
| Valley View | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Fox River Estates | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Fox River Heights | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Coleman | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Surrey Woods | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Farmington | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Five Island Park | 2.4 miles | 17 |
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 Q122539274 | 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 422640. 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.








