Frahms Country Acres, Illinois
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Flagg Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61068. The Survey maps it on the Chana quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1952 USGS Rochelle quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Chana quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Dixon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
16,079 words on this townshipThe History of Ogle County, Illinois, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., a Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics ... History of the Northwest, History of Illinois ... Etc, published 1878; Portrait and Biographical Album of Ogle County, Illinois, Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County, published 1886 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Flagg Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Flagg Township - 16,079 words.
Fires near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Frahms Country Acres between 2010 and 2011, burning about 173 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 March 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | PERRIVE |
| 19 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | JORDALL |
| 22 October 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | SWEGER |
| 14 October 2010 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | SAAM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Frahms Country Acres: 3 past producers, 2 plants. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prindle Pit & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Rochelle Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Schoonhoven Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kyte Side Estates | 0.2 miles | 10 | |
| Crestwood Acres | 0.3 miles | 10 | |
| Skare Estates | 0.5 miles | 10 | |
| Hickory Ridge | 0.5 miles | 10 | |
| Prairieview Estates | 0.7 miles | 10 | |
| Woodland Acres | 1.4 miles | 10 | |
| Flagg Center | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Ramsey Acres | 1.7 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122549192 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1808232. 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.




