BlockForest View Estates, Illinois
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Wheeling Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60062. The Survey maps it on the Wheeling quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1900 USGS Highwood quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1928 USGS Wheeling quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Wheeling quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Wheeling quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1980 USGS Waukegan quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Wheeling quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Wheeling quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
68,433 words on this townshipHistory of Cook County, Illinois. From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Wheeling Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Wheeling Township - 68,433 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Forest View Estates in 2012, burning about 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2012 | Fireworks | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 12-2395-27 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Forest View Estates: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deerfield Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Northbrook City Dept of Public Work | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Aptakisic Sand Corp. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cow Hey Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Villas North | 0.3 miles | 23 | |
| Salceca North | 0.4 miles | 23 | |
| Picardy Circle | 0.5 miles | 23 | |
| Winschester Lane North | 0.5 miles | 23 | |
| Sanders Prairie | 0.5 miles | 23 | |
| Sanders Estates | 0.6 miles | 23 | |
| Ivy Club of Northbrook | 0.6 miles | 23 | |
| Sanders Crossing | 0.7 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2097314. 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.