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Hutchins Park, Illinois

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Owen Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61103. It stands on Willow Creek. The Survey maps it on the South Beloit quadrangle.

Hutchins Park within Winnebago County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

2,048 words on this township

The 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 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Owen Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Owen Township - 2,048 words.

Fires near this place

2 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Hutchins Park between 2003 and 2004, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Arson/incendiarism1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
26 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
16 February 2003Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresIllinois State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Winnebago County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Hutchins Park: 16 past producers, 5 producers, 2 plants. 7 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Anderson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ellis PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Grover PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kelley Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Larson Brothers Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Manley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
North Shore S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Racetrack PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Black QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cooling QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Winnebago 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
Latham Park0.8 miles20
Sturbridge Village1.9 miles20
Phil-Aire Estates2.0 miles19
Genet2.6 miles20
North Park2.6 miles20
Machesney Park2.6 miles20
Owen Center2.8 miles20
Riverdale3.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 410729. 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.