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Mooseheart, Illinois

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Batavia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60539. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Aurora North quadrangle. It stands 722 feet above sea level.

Mooseheart within Kane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

248 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 Batavia Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Batavia Township - 248 words.

Fires near this place

1 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Mooseheart in 2013, burning under an acre 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 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
6 April 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2013-294

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kane County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Mooseheart: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bald Mound Pit, Site #5Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Aurora QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hendrickson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Riverbank Stone and Lime Quarry No1Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Riverbank Stone and Lime Quarry No2Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kane County

Storms near this place

11 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mooseheart in 11 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 10 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
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMooseheart-Large tree branches were also downed in the area.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindMooseheart-Multiple trees were blown down on the east side of North Aurora.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindMooseheart-Multiple trees were down along and blocking Seavey Rd in western Kane County.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindMooseheart-A tree was blown down across Route 25 near Ridge Rd.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMooseheart-Multiple reports were received of tree damage in the North Aurora and Batavia area. Time was estimated using radar.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindMooseheart-A tree was blown down blocking Deerpath Road.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindMooseheart-A large tree was blown down onto a car on Route 31 south of Mooseheart Road.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindMooseheart-Deerpath Road just west of Batavia was closed due to several power poles hanging over roadways. An power pole on North Kirk Road was also leaning over the roadway.
September 2009Thunderstorm WindMooseheart-Trees were blown down blocking part of the intersection of Route 31 and Mooseheart Road.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindMooseheart-A wind gust to 70 mph was measured along Route 31, just north of Mooseheart Road.
June 2025HailMooseheart-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
Heritage West0.8 miles15
Randall Hills1.0 miles15
North Aurora1.3 miles15
Heaton Park1.4 miles15
Tanglewood1.4 miles15
Batavia2.2 miles15
Exposition View2.2 miles15
Wenmoth Acres2.4 miles15

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.

Wikipedia article on MooseheartAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6908678The 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 413801. 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.