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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1932 USGS Geneva quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Geneva quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Aurora North quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Aurora North quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Aurora North quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Aurora North quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
248 words on this townshipHistory 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 2013Regional 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 burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2013-294 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Mound Pit, Site #5 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Aurora Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hendrickson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Riverbank Stone and Lime Quarry No1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Riverbank Stone and Lime Quarry No2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 2008Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mooseheart | - | Large tree branches were also downed in the area. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mooseheart | - | Multiple trees were blown down on the east side of North Aurora. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mooseheart | - | Multiple trees were down along and blocking Seavey Rd in western Kane County. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mooseheart | - | A tree was blown down across Route 25 near Ridge Rd. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mooseheart | - | Multiple reports were received of tree damage in the North Aurora and Batavia area. Time was estimated using radar. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mooseheart | - | A tree was blown down blocking Deerpath Road. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mooseheart | - | A large tree was blown down onto a car on Route 31 south of Mooseheart Road. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mooseheart | - | 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mooseheart | - | Trees were blown down blocking part of the intersection of Route 31 and Mooseheart Road. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mooseheart | - | A wind gust to 70 mph was measured along Route 31, just north of Mooseheart Road. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Mooseheart | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage West | 0.8 miles | 15 | |
| Randall Hills | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| North Aurora | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Heaton Park | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Tanglewood | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Batavia | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Exposition View | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Wenmoth Acres | 2.4 miles | 15 |
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 Mooseheart | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6908678 | The 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.








