Greenwich, Illinois

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.

• 1922 USGS Kankakee quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
• 1924 USGS Kankakee quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
• 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
• 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
• 1964 USGS West Kankakee quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
• 1984 USGS Kankakee quadrangle1:100000
• 1991 USGS Kankakee quadrangle1:100000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Greenwich between 2008 and 2020, burning about 73 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Hillside Manor
• West Kankakee
• Bourbonnais
• Limestone
• Altorf
• Bradley

Every fire recorded in Kankakee County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Greenwich: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Kankakee County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 409450. 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.