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Glenburn, Illinois

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Oakwood Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61858. It stands on Glenburn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Collison quadrangle.

Glenburn within Vermilion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

20,921 words on this township

History of Vermilion County, Together with Historic Notes on the Northwest, Gleaned from Early Authors, Old Maps and Manuscripts, Private and Official Correspondence, and Other Authentic, Though, for the Most Part, Out-of-the-way Sources, published 1879; History of Vermilion County, Illinois : a Tale of Its Evolution, Settlement, and Progress for Nearly a Century, published 1911 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Oakwood Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Oakwood Township - 20,921 words.

Fires near this place

4 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Glenburn between 2003 and 2014, burning about 10 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
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1

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
23 March 2014Smokingunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesJORDAN2
23 March 2003Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresIllinois State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
17 March 2014Debris and open burning3.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesHOLLOWRD92
12 March 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesKIME

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Vermilion County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Glenburn: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), 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
Seymour Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Harmattan Mine Shale ExposureFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
Western Brick Co. Shale ExposureFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence

Every working recorded in Vermilion 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
Belgium Row1.0 miles15
Newtown1.7 miles15
Oakwood1.9 miles16
Brothers2.1 miles15
Bucktown2.4 miles20
Missionfield2.7 miles16
Bronson2.7 miles16
Hartshorn3.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422741. 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.