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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1892 USGS Morris quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1918 USGS Morris quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Morris quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Morris quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Morris quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
730 words on this townshipHistory 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 2019Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 19-391 |
| 25 July 2019 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 19-000322 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morris Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Grundy City Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Morris City Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Holderman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Morris Sand & Gravel Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Morris Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stockdale | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Fields of Saratoga | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Lisbon North | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Morris | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Paytonville | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Willow Ridge | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Richards Park | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Pine Meadow Estates | 3.3 miles | 18 |
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.








