BlockMyrtle, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Leaf River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61047. The Survey maps it on the Seward quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1922 USGS Oregon quadrangle1:62500
- 1924 USGS Oregon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Seward quadrangle1:24000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Leaf River township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Swartout Miraxda
SWARTOUT MIRAXDA R. Tenant Farmer ; Sec. 8 ; P. 0. Rockvale ; Mr. S. was born March 18, 1813, in Dutchess Co., N. Y.; was married June 2, 1843 to Lydia M., daughter of John Lewis, of Saratoga Co., N. Y.; Mrs. S. was born April 21, 1827; in January, 1854, Mr. S. came to Ole Co., and lived here until 1858, when he moved to Minnesota and resided there until October, 1874, when he returned to Ogle County and settled in Rockvale, where he now resides ; on the 6th of October, 1862, he enlisted in the 1st Regiment of Minnesota Mounted Rangers, which was formed for service on the 'frontier against the Sioux Indians, who perpetrated the well-remembered Minnesota Massacre ; Mr.
In the county-history sources
15,394 words on this townshipThe History of Ogle County, Illinois, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., 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 1878; Portrait and Biographical Album of Ogle County, Illinois, Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County, published 1886 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Leaf River Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Leaf River Township - 15,394 words.
Fires near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Myrtle between 2003 and 2019, burning about 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 6 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 15-0000159 |
| 18 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1900028 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Myrtle: 15 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| A. Hoover Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| A. Right Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Asche Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Freeze Property Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Kruse Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Schuur Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Stukenberg Property Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lightsville | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Egan | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Leaf River | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Byron Hills Estates | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Byron | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Adeline | 7.3 miles | 14 | |
| Loose Pulley Junction | 7.6 miles | 14 | |
| Von Glen Acres | 8.2 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 414274. 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.