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Oak Lane, Illinois

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Troy Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60404. It stands on Rock Run. The Survey maps it on the Channahon quadrangle.

Oak Lane within Will County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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.

Fires near this place

6 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Oak Lane between 2008 and 2019, burning about 38 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/undetermined3
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
15 August 2008Debris and open burning6.5 acresMidewin National Tall Grass PrairieMILLSDALE FIRE
7 June 2019Smokingunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources19-1027
1 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources19-0976
8 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources19-0639
3 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources19-0604
20 March 2018Railroad operations and maintenance25 acresMidewin National Tall Grass PrairieDRUMMOND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Will County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Oak Lane: 6 occurrences, 5 past producers, 5 producers, 1 plant. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Clay. 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
Brown & Lambrecht Clay PitClayPast Producer
U S Refactories Div. MillMagnesiteProducer
Vicks QuarrySand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Joliet Phos-Acid PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesPlant
Joliet Phosphoric Acid PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
Pit Number 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Star Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Termar Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Inland Crushed Stone Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Will 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
Birds0.3 miles23
Lake of the Woods0.9 miles23
Rock Run Park1.1 miles23
River Oaks West2.0 miles23
Vintage2.3 miles23
Shorewood Park2.5 miles23
Sunset Hills2.5 miles23
Springwood2.7 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2355771. 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.