Morehaven, Illinois
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Roscoe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61073. It stands on North Kinnikinnick Creek. The Survey maps it on the South Beloit quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1918 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1938 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS South Beloit quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS South Beloit quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS South Beloit quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
2,611 words on this townshipThe History of Winnebago County, Illinois : Its Past and Present, Containing ... a Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics ... History of the Northwest, History of Illinois ... Etc, published 1877 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Roscoe Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Roscoe Township - 2,611 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Morehaven in 2018, burning about 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 18-0223 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Morehaven: 18 past producers, 5 producers, 1 plant. 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Can-Tex Industries Aggregate Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cooling Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Durgon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ed Truman Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ellis Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Foss Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| General Dynamics Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Genestra Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Grover Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverdale | 0.4 miles | 19 | |
| Roscoe | 1.1 miles | 19 | |
| Stagecoach Hills | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Phil-Aire Estates | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Rockton | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Hutchins Park | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Latham Park | 4.4 miles | 20 | |
| South Bluff Homes | 4.6 miles | 19 |
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 Q122594701 | 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 413808. 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.









