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La Fox, Illinois

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Blackberry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60119. It stands on Johnsons Mound Run. The Survey maps it on the Elburn quadrangle.

La Fox within Kane County

On record in La Fox

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

1,749 words on this township

History of Kane County, Ill., published 1908 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Blackberry Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Blackberry Township - 1,749 words.

Fires near this place

8 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of La Fox between 2013 and 2014, burning about 34 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
Debris and open burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
18 June 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2014-615
1 June 2014Power generation/transmission/distribution15 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2014-0548
28 May 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2014-536
7 April 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2014-343
7 April 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2014-345
6 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2014-332
6 April 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2013-294
10 November 2013Equipment and vehicle use10 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2013-1070

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kane 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 La Fox: 2 producers, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Bald Mound Pit, Site #5Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Elburn Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Elburn PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Highland Avenue PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kane County

Storms near this place

7 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names La Fox in 7 storm reports between 2011 and 2026: 6 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2026Thunderstorm WindLa Fox-Trees were reported down and blocking the road at Keslinger and Harley Roads near La Fox.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindLa Fox-Corn was flattened near Main St just west of Bunker Rd southeast of Elburn.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindLa Fox-A corridor of significant tree damage occurred on the far west side of St. Charles where trees were snapped or uprooted and numerous tree limbs were blown down, roughly between Campton Hills Road and Route 38.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindLa Fox-Utility poles were blown down near Loretta Drive. Numerous trees were blown down into roadways.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindLa Fox-A seven inch diameter river birch tree was snapped along Shannon Boulevard.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindLa Fox-Winds to 65 mph were measured with an anemometer. A tree was blown down on Beith Road.
June 2025HailLa Fox-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kane 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
Dillonfield0.8 miles13
Appaloosa West1.2 miles13
Native Prairie1.2 miles13
Sunset Villa1.8 miles13
Still Meadows1.9 miles13
Forest Hills2.2 miles13
Campton Pines2.4 miles13
Happy Hills2.5 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 411636. 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.