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Kenwood, Illinois

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Champaign City Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61821. The Survey maps it on the Bondville quadrangle.

Kenwood within Champaign County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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.

Fires near this place

13 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Kenwood in 2007, burning about 130 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were 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/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking2
Natural1

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
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resourcesnot named
22 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resourcesnot named
2 September 2007Smoking10 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resourcesnot named
18 September 2007Arson/incendiarism10 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resourcesnot named
11 August 2007Smoking1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resourcesnot named
7 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resourcesnot named
15 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resourcesnot named
11 June 2007Natural2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Champaign County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kenwood: 2 past producers. None of them 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Champaign City Hwy DeptStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Urbana City EngStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Champaign 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
Staley1.1 miles21
Champaign2.8 miles24
Bondville4.0 miles21
Wilbur Heights4.0 miles23
Rising4.1 miles21
Savoy4.2 miles21
Urbana4.6 miles24
Augerville6.9 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 411416. 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.