BlockPrairie Creek, Illinois
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Ela Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60047. The Survey maps it on the Lake Zurich quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1923 USGS Barrington quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1935 USGS Barrington quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Lake Zurich quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Barrington quadrangle1:62500
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Lake Zurich quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Lake Zurich quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Prairie Creek in 2012, burning about 24 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 |
|---|---|
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2012 | Fireworks | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 12-2395-27 |
| 4 July 2012 | Fireworks | 19 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 12-0848 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Prairie Creek: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Perlite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filter Materials Perlite Plant | Perlite | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foxborough Estates | 0.4 miles | 21 | |
| Ponds | 0.5 miles | 21 | |
| Hickory Hills | 0.6 miles | 21 | |
| Herons Crossing | 0.7 miles | 21 | |
| Cedar Creek | 0.8 miles | 21 | |
| Beaver Creek | 0.8 miles | 21 | |
| Bishops Ridge | 0.8 miles | 21 | |
| Pine Lake Circle | 0.9 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2037953. 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.