BlockHickory Creek, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Rockford Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61102. The Survey maps it on the Kishwaukee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1917 USGS Kings quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Kings quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Kishwaukee quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Rockford township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Winnebago Counit Dieectort
ill Putney, Vt., in 1800 ; he emigrated to Chicago in 1832, where he practiced his profession until 1838, when lie came to Rocliford to I'eside; he married Catherine Dunn, in St. Thomas, Canada, in 1822; she died in 1874; Dr. Goodhue was killed from falling into a well, while attending one of his patients, in 1847.
In the county-history sources
166,475 words on this townshipThe History of Winnebago County, Illinois : Its Past and Present, Containing ... 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 1877; History of Rockford and Winnebago County, Llinois, from the First Settlement in 1834 to the Civil War, published 1900 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Rockford Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Rockford Township - 166,475 words.
Fires near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Hickory Creek between 2015 and 2020, 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 20-0000206 |
| 7 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 15-0000163 |
| 1 January 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 15-0000001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Hickory Creek: 17 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airport Pit Dredge & Wash Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hoogie Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sahlstrom Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| South Main Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Winquist Pit Rein, Schultz & Dahl | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Brudi Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Cunningham Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Levings Quarry Ga Portable | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Marks Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Morris 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brewster Heights | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Coreys Bluff | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Grant View Heights | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Motor Heights | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Indian Village | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Woodcrest | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Grant Park | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| River Forest | 3.6 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1829323. 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.