Inlet, Illinois

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lee Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61310. The Survey maps it on the Sublette quadrangle.

Inlet within Lee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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.

1952 USGS Mendota quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
1982 USGS Sublette quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Dixon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

In the county-history sources

13,635 words on this township

History of Lee County, published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Lee Center Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

The first object liable to attract the attention of the visitor is the old seminary. This building was erected in 1847, at a cost of $2,000. This school was for some years the principal educational point in this part of the state, and attracted to Lee Center many students from adjoining counties who wished to avail themselves of the excellent educational advantages the school then afforded. The branches taught were the same as are taught in our preparatory academies of the present day. A. J. Streetor, who has since that time attained a considerable prominence as a politician, and who was the greenback candidate for governor in the campaign of 1880, was at one time a student in this seminary. The school first opened in 1847. The first principal was

Passage source: History of Lee County, published 1881.

The Methodist Ejnscopal congregation was first organized in 1837, at the residence of Corrj-don R. Dewey, at Inlet Grove. Their first church building was erected in 1842, in which services were held nntil 1858, when a larger and more commodious one was erected, which building they still occupy. The congregation now numbers thirty-four members. Trustees are John Lane, B. F. Lane and S. Trowbridge. The present stewards are S. Trowbridge, John Lane, J. li. B. Thornton, S. Thayer and Mrs. M. A. Fox. Present pastor, J. G. B. Shadford.

Passage source: History of Lee County, published 1881.

The Congregational Church. - This society was organized in 1843 at the residence of Moses Crombie, near Binghamton, in Amboy township ; the congregation then consisted of eleven members. First pastor was Rev. Joseph Gardner. The building now occupied by them was erected in 1856, at a cost of $1,500. The congregation now numbers fifty members, and is in a flourishing condition. Present pastor is the Rev. F. C. Cochran.

Passage source: History of Lee County, published 1881.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Lee Center Township - it names this place 36 more 36 times.

Fires near this place

11 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Inlet between 2008 and 2018, burning about 75 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	6
Debris and open burning	4
Other causes	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
25 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	10226
6 May 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	HULL
20 April 2014	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	14-97
17 April 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	2016-63561
12 April 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	50 acres	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	14-90
22 March 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	2018-7271
7 February 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	6274
19 February 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	6757

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lee County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Inlet: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Delhotal Quarry & Portable Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Steward Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unnamed Limestone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unnamed Limestone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Lee 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Shaws	1.9 miles	10
Lee Center	2.2 miles	10
Binghampton	3.6 miles	10
Amboy	4.9 miles	10
West Brooklyn	5.7 miles	10
Shelburn (historical)	6.2 miles	10
Sublette	6.4 miles	10
Melugin Grove (historical)	7.0 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1816554. 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.