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Heatherfield, Illinois

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Erienna Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60450. It lies near Sugar Island. The Survey maps it on the Morris quadrangle.

Heatherfield within Grundy County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

730 words on this township

History of Grundy County, Illinois : Containing a History from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time ... , Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Some of the Early Settlers, Prominent Men, Etc, published 1882; Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois /cedited by Newton Bateman, Paul Selby,; and History of Grundy County (historical and Biographical) by Special Authors and Contributors .., published 1914 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Erienna Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Erienna Township - 730 words.

Fires near this place

2 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Heatherfield in 2019, burning about 2 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
Fireworks1
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
7 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources19-391
25 July 2019Fireworks1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources19-000322

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grundy County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Heatherfield: 4 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Clay. 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
Morris Shale PitClayPast Producer
Grundy City PitStonePast Producer
Morris City PitStonePast Producer
Holderman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Morris Sand & Gravel DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Morris Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant

Every working recorded in Grundy 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
Stockdale1.8 miles18
Fields of Saratoga1.8 miles18
Lisbon North2.1 miles18
Morris2.5 miles18
Paytonville2.8 miles18
Willow Ridge3.0 miles18
Richards Park3.0 miles18
Pine Meadow Estates3.3 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1811054. 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.