BlockBefore

Eileen, Illinois

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Felix Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60416. The Survey maps it on the Coal City quadrangle.

Eileen within Grundy County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

1,323 words on this township

History of Grundy County, Illinois : Containing a History from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time ... , Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Some of the Early Settlers, Prominent Men, Etc, published 1882 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Felix Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Felix Township - 1,323 words.

Fires near this place

13 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Eileen between 2003 and 2009, burning about 882 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were 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/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism2
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
31 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesBRACE13
5 May 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesBRACE10
5 May 2009Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesBRACE9
29 May 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesBRACE11
29 April 2003Natural600 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesGOOSE LAKE
26 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesBRAACE8
5 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesBRACE2
5 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined150 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesBRACE1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grundy 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 Eileen: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Goose Lake PitClayPast Producer
Bohac Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fatlan Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Grundy 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
Coal City0.9 miles20
Diamond1.1 miles20
Carbon Hill1.5 miles20
Harrisonville1.8 miles20
Centerville (historical)2.9 miles20
Central City3.9 miles10
Gorman4.4 miles20
Braceville4.7 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 407820. 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.