Rondout, Illinois
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Libertyville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60044. The Survey maps it on the Libertyville quadrangle.
On record in Rondout
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.
Robert Hosmer Morse Houselisted 2000 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1906 USGS Waukegan quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Waukegan quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Libertyville quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Waukegan quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Waukegan quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Libertyville quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Libertyville quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
2,542 words on this townshipThe Past and Present of Lake County, Illinois, published 1877 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Libertyville Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Libertyville Township - 2,542 words.
Fires near this place
14 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Rondout between 2012 and 2020, burning about 22 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 | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 9118 |
| 1 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 8118 |
| 9 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | DEC-79 |
| 8 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 18-2269 |
| 26 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 12-0482 |
| 1 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 60118 |
| 8 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 18-1522 |
| 9 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 19-971 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Rondout: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), Tungsten, Iodine. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbotts North Chicago Iodine Plant | Iodine | Plant | ||
| Fansteel #1 Tantalum Plant | Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), Tungsten | Producer | ||
| Lake County Pit No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lake County Pit No. 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Peterson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rondout in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Heavy Rain | Rondout | - | Mesonet station EW1412 1 recorded 3.17 of rain. |
| May 2018 | Flood | Rondout | - | The northbound ramp from Interstate 94 onto Route 176 had high standing water. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Rondout | - | On southbound Interstate 90, the two right lanes were blocked due to flood waters at the Lake Forest Oasis. A nearby CoCoRaHS observer approximately a mile west of Lake Bluff measured 4.06 inches of rain. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rondout | - | Wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph approximately one mile north of Interstate 94 on Bradley Road. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rondout | - | A semi-truck was blown over on Interstate 94 near Route 176. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Oaks | 0.8 miles | 19 | |
| Moran Corners | 0.9 miles | 19 | |
| Creamery Corners | 0.9 miles | 19 | |
| Oak Grove | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| Wells Corners | 2.0 miles | 19 | |
| Five Points | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Skokie Junction | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Melody | 2.8 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 416905. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








