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Evanswood, 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 60175. It stands on Great Western Run. The Survey maps it on the Geneva quadrangle.

Evanswood within Kane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

3,815 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 St. Charles Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on St. Charles Township - 3,815 words.

Fires near this place

18 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Evanswood between 2013 and 2014, burning about 92 acres in total. 1 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 burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1
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
5 June 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2014-562
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
4 May 2014Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2014-445
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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kane County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Evanswood: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 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
Fox River QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fox River QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Meyer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Van Acker Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant

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
Bonnie Valley0.2 miles17
Pheasant Run0.3 miles17
Wideview0.8 miles13
Rainbow Hills0.8 miles17
Knoll Creek West0.9 miles17
Lake Charlotte1.0 miles17
Happy Hills1.1 miles13
Crane Woods Estates1.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2025856. 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.