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Lakewood Ridge, Illinois

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Du Page Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60440. The Survey maps it on the Romeoville quadrangle.

Lakewood Ridge within Will County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

6 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Lakewood Ridge in 2020, burning about 4 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/undetermined3
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1

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
3 August 2020Smokingunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources20-0001661
5 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources20-0000919
5 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources20-0000918
13 April 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources20-0000723
9 November 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources20-0002593
1 October 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources20-0002295

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Will County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Lakewood Ridge: 8 past producers, 3 producers, 3 plants. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur, Stone. 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
(Facility) Union 76 Chicago RefinerySulfurPlant
Naperville City Eng. PitStonePast Producer
Lemont PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Patterson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Yackley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Avery No. 3 Pit & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Barbers Corners PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Barbers Corners Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Barge Slip QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Boughton Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant

Every working recorded in Will 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
Willow Grove0.4 miles24
Woodleaf0.7 miles24
Claridge Estates0.8 miles24
Sugar Brook0.8 miles24
Brookwood Estates0.9 miles24
Quail Grove0.9 miles24
Indian Oaks1.1 miles24
Royce Hill1.2 miles24

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122569664The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2356016. 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.