BlockForest Manor, Illinois
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Homer Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60441. The Survey maps it on the Joliet quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 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.
- 1892 USGS Joliet quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1923 USGS Joliet quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Joliet quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Joliet quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Joliet quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Joliet quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Joliet quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Forest Manor in 2020, burning about 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 20-0002215 |
| 3 August 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 20-0001661 |
| 5 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 20-0000919 |
| 13 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 20-0000723 |
| 9 November 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 20-0002593 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Forest Manor: 3 plants, 2 past producers, 2 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sulfur, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lemont Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| (Facility) Mobil Oil Joilet Refinery | Sulfur | Plant | ||
| (Facility) Union 76 Chicago Refinery | Sulfur | Plant | ||
| Gross & Mc Cowan Lumber Co. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lemont Quarry & Mill Yard 360 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Romeo Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Texaco Lockport Plant | Sulfur | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnie Brae | 0.6 miles | 23 | |
| The Fields | 0.6 miles | 23 | |
| Deer Run | 0.7 miles | 23 | |
| Whispering Pines | 0.9 miles | 23 | |
| Shady Hollow | 1.0 miles | 23 | |
| Lockport Heights | 1.1 miles | 23 | |
| Regal Acres | 1.3 miles | 23 | |
| Hidden Creek Estates | 1.5 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2355636. 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.