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Palm Beach, Illinois

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1993. It lies in ZIP code area 60051. It lies near Coon Islands. The Survey maps it on the Fox Lake quadrangle.

Palm Beach within McHenry 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.

Fires near this place

45 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Palm Beach between 2008 and 2020, burning about 258 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined18
Debris and open burning17
Fireworks3
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1

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
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources17-2800
30 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesMARTIN
9 July 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources12-01639
9 July 2012Debris and open burning1.1 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources12-01644
7 July 2012Fireworks2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources12-01622
4 July 2012Fireworks1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources12-01582
21 July 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources16-1966
16 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources16-001903

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McHenry County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Palm Beach: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Big Hollow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Frams Material Co. DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Green Valley East Gate PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pistakee PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Possum Run Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Volo PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in McHenry 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
Sunnyside1.8 miles20
Pistakee Highlands2.3 miles20
Johnsburg2.4 miles20
Pistakee2.4 miles20
Eastwood Manor3.2 miles23
Lilymoor3.3 miles23
Lakemoor3.3 miles23
Riverstream4.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 415309. 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.