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Fairway Estates, Illinois

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Troy Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60436. The Survey maps it on the Plainfield quadrangle.

Fairway Estates within Will County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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.

Fires near this place

3 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Fairway Estates between 2008 and 2019, burning about 32 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
15 August 2008Debris and open burning6.5 acresMidewin National Tall Grass PrairieMILLSDALE FIRE
8 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources19-0639
20 March 2018Railroad operations and maintenance25 acresMidewin National Tall Grass PrairieDRUMMOND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Will County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Fairway Estates: 10 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Magnesite. 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
U S Refactories Div. MillMagnesiteProducer
Joliet Phos-Acid PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesPlant
Joliet Phosphoric Acid PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
Gross & Mc Cowan Lumber Co. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Inland Crushed Stone Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Joliet Quarry & Mill Yard 340Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Will 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
Old Kent0.6 miles23
Oakwood Estates0.9 miles23
Springwood South0.9 miles23
Northfield1.1 miles23
Sayles Manor1.2 miles23
Springwood1.2 miles23
Idylside1.4 miles23
Deer Run Estates1.9 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2355760. 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.