Hillside Manor, Illinois
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Limestone Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60901. The Survey maps it on the West Kankakee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 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
Fires near this place
45 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Hillside Manor between 2008 and 2020, burning about 66 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 | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | COGNIS |
| 18 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | MITCHELL |
| 13 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 101811 |
| 1 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 20-0004144 |
| 6 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2019-1883 |
| 6 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | POND |
| 3 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 20-0003283 |
| 28 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 18-4059 |
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 Hillside Manor: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kankakee Highway Pit No. 1 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Azzarelli Pit 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Blend Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Grasso and Son Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ohrt Rd. Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Route 113 Gravel Pit Azzarell: | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hillside Manor in 2 storm reports between 2024 and 2026: 1 tornado, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Tornado (EFU) | Hillside Manor | - | Several photos and videos were taken of a narrow, rope-like tornado tracking across fields along Vansiding Road south of Limestone. Eyewitness accounts indicate that this tornado was on the ground for no more than one minute. With no known damage caused by this tornado, it had been assigned the EF-Unknown (EF-U) rating. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Hillside Manor | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwich | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Limestone | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| West Kankakee | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Lehigh | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Bourbonnais | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Kankakee | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Irwin | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Bradley | 4.9 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1810645. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






