Rock Run Park, 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 60410. It stands on Rock Run. The Survey maps it on the Channahon quadrangle.
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 Channahon 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 Channahon quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Channahon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Rock Run Park 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/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 6.5 acres | Midewin National Tall Grass Prairie | MILLSDALE FIRE |
| 7 June 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 19-1027 |
| 1 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 19-0976 |
| 8 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 19-0639 |
| 3 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 19-0604 |
| 20 March 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 25 acres | Midewin National Tall Grass Prairie | DRUMMOND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Rock Run Park: 7 past producers, 6 occurrences, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown & Lambrecht Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| U S Refactories Div. Mill | Magnesite | Producer | ||
| Vicks Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Joliet Phos-Acid Plant | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Plant | ||
| Joliet Phosphoric Acid Plant | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | ||
| Pit Number 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Star Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Termar Pit No. 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Inland Crushed Stone Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birds | 1.0 miles | 23 | |
| Oak Lane | 1.1 miles | 23 | |
| Lake of the Woods | 1.7 miles | 23 | |
| Springwood South | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| Springwood | 2.2 miles | 23 | |
| Oakwood Estates | 2.6 miles | 23 | |
| Sunset Hills | 2.6 miles | 23 | |
| Shorewood Park | 2.6 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1802374. 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.









