Ivanhoe, Illinois
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Fremont Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60060. The Survey maps it on the Grayslake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1920 USGS Grays Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1923 USGS Grays Lake quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Grayslake quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Grayslake quadrangle1:62500
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Grayslake quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
4,146 words on this townshipThe Past and Present of Lake County, Illinois, published 1877 names this settlement in its chapter on Fremont Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
There was afterward a post office established near the center of the town, called Fremont Center, and subsequently another, on Section 23, called Dean's Corners. A small village has grown up at the latter place, and it has become quite a center of trade for the surrounding country. The name of the place has recently been changed to Ivanhoe.
Passage source: The Past and Present of Lake County, Illinois, published 1877.
The first death which occurred in what is now the town of Fremont was Oliver Booth, who died in the Spring of 1840. He was buried at Bangs' Lake. The funeral sermon was preached by Rev. Samuel Hurlbut, father of Henry Hurlbut, now living in the town at Ivanhoe.
Passage source: The Past and Present of Lake County, Illinois, published 1877.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
10 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Ivanhoe between 2012 and 2018, burning about 8 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 | 9 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 9118 |
| 1 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 8118 |
| 9 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | DEC-79 |
| 8 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 18-2269 |
| 26 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 12-0482 |
| 5 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 17-113 |
| 1 December 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 12118 |
| 29 November 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 17-3909 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Ivanhoe: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mundelein Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Peterson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ivanhoe in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 1 lightning, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Lightning | Ivanhoe | $200,000 | Lightning struck a house on Bagatelle Lane which started a fire. While the fire was small, the house suffered extensive smoke and heat damage. Firefighters also had to remove much of the ceiling throughout the home to remove insulation to prevent the fire from spreading. |
| June 2024 | Heavy Rain | Ivanhoe | - | Mesonet station IVNHC recorded 4.02 of rain. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fremont Center | 2.0 miles | 21 | |
| Mundelein | 2.3 miles | 21 | |
| Rockefeller | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Sylvan Lake | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| Diamond Lake | 2.9 miles | 21 | |
| Gilmer | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| Estates of Indian Creek | 3.1 miles | 21 | |
| Indian Creek Country Estates | 3.2 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 410977. 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.









