BlockRiverwood Estates, Illinois
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Wilmington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60481. It stands on Forked Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wilmington quadrangle.
On record in Riverwood Estates
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 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Eagle Hotellisted 1994 · 0.5 miles away
Small-Towle Houselisted 2004 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 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.
- 1892 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1918 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
4,757 words on this townshipHistory of Will County Illinois, published 1878 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Wilmington Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Wilmington Township - 4,757 words.
Fires near this place
13 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Riverwood Estates between 2002 and 2018, burning about 339 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Midewin National Tall Grass Prairie | ROUTE 53 FIRE |
| 9 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Midewin National Tall Grass Prairie | WELDER FIRE |
| 15 June 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Midewin National Tall Grass Prairie | GORMAN FIRE |
| 6 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Midewin National Tall Grass Prairie | OLD CHICAGO FARM FIR |
| 6 April 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Midewin National Tall Grass Prairie | SOUTH ARSENAL FIRE |
| 14 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 232 acres | Midewin National Tall Grass Prairie | GRANT CREEK |
| 10 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | Midewin National Tall Grass Prairie | TRACT 53 |
| 1 April 2016 | Natural | 67 acres | Midewin National Tall Grass Prairie | CATTAIL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Riverwood Estates: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles & Son Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Fatlan Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilmington | 0.6 miles | 23 | |
| Winchester Estates | 0.7 miles | 23 | |
| Lakewood Shores | 1.6 miles | 23 | |
| Resthaven | 3.0 miles | 23 | |
| Ballou | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| Ritchie Station | 3.8 miles | 21 | |
| Braidwood | 4.0 miles | 23 | |
| Custer Park | 4.2 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2355781. 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.