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Riverstream, Illinois

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1992. It stands in McHenry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60050. The Survey maps it on the McHenry quadrangle.

Riverstream within McHenry County

On record in Riverstream

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

7 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Riverstream between 2008 and 2016, burning about 201 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/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1
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
16 July 2012Smoking1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources12-01725
3 April 2012Debris and open burning49 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesDEFIANCW
19 April 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesMAGNESS
13 April 2016Debris and open burning40 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesVOLO BOG
12 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesIDNR
31 March 2011Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesHOLMES
1 November 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources12_4168

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McHenry County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Riverstream: 7 producers, 5 past producers, 1 plant. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. 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
Unnamed Copper DepositCopperPast Producer
Big Hollow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Frams Material Co. DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Green Valley East Gate PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Island Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pistakee PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Possum Run Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Raven PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Reiland Pit, DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rocky Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
McHenry0.6 miles17
Eastwood Manor1.0 miles23
McHenry Shores1.3 miles17
Emerald Park1.4 miles17
Lilymoor2.4 miles23
Ferndale2.6 miles23
McCullom Lake2.8 miles17
Johnsburg3.0 miles20

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122595405The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 416728. 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.