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Nottingham Manor, Illinois

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Owen Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61101. The Survey maps it on the Rockford North quadrangle.

Nottingham Manor within Winnebago County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

2,048 words on this township

The 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 Owen Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Owen Township - 2,048 words.

Fires near this place

3 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Nottingham Manor between 2003 and 2015, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
18 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
16 February 2003Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresIllinois State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
1 January 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources15-0000001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Winnebago County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Nottingham Manor: 15 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Brudi PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Carrico QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cunningham Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Johns QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Levings Quarry Ga PortableStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Loves Park City Eng.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Marks PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Nelson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Netherly QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Northern Illinois Supply Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Winnebago 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
Colonial Gardens1.7 miles20
Jonesville2.2 miles20
Genet2.5 miles20
Ruby2.7 miles20
Owen Center2.8 miles20
Sturbridge Village2.9 miles20
Loves Park3.3 miles20
North Park3.7 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 424392. 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.