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Millburn, Illinois

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Lake Villa Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60046. The Survey maps it on the Antioch quadrangle.

Millburn within Lake County

On record in Millburn

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

10 surveys from 20 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

3 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Millburn between 2012 and 2018, burning about 17 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 burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
25 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources18-0416
11 April 2018Debris and open burning4.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources18-0361
17 March 2012Debris and open burning5.4 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources12-198

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake 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 Millburn: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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
Economy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wadsworth PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lake 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
Lindenhurst1.6 miles20
Old Mill Creek1.7 miles17
Grandwood Park2.4 miles17
Wedges Corner2.7 miles20
Carney Corners2.8 miles17
Hickory Corners2.9 miles20
Venetian Village3.2 miles20
Slocum Corners3.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 413564. 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.