BlockMorristown, Illinois
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Rockford Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61109. The Survey maps it on the Rockford South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1917 USGS Kings quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Kings quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Camp Grant quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rockford South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Rockford South quadrangle1:24000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Rockford township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Winnebago Counit Dieectort
ill Putney, Vt., in 1800 ; he emigrated to Chicago in 1832, where he practiced his profession until 1838, when lie came to Rocliford to I'eside; he married Catherine Dunn, in St. Thomas, Canada, in 1822; she died in 1874; Dr. Goodhue was killed from falling into a well, while attending one of his patients, in 1847.
In the county-history sources
166,475 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; History of Rockford and Winnebago County, Llinois, from the First Settlement in 1834 to the Civil War, published 1900 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Rockford Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Rockford Township - 166,475 words.
Fires near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Morristown between 2017 and 2019, 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2019201 |
| 11 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2018-176 |
| 3 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1700059/1700061 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Morristown: 12 past producers, 4 producers, 1 plant. 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airport Pit Dredge & Wash Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hoogie Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rockview Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sahlstrom Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| South Main Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Winquist Pit Rein, Schultz & Dahl | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dummer Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Gantzer Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mill Package 1978 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Pagel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mancuso Village Park | 0.2 miles | 17 | |
| New Milford | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Greenridge Estates | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Atwood Park Estates | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Atwood Estates | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Canyon Ridge | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Blackcrest | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| River Grove | 2.0 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 424448. 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.