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South Bluff Homes, Illinois

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Rockton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61080. It lies near Boney Island. The Survey maps it on the South Beloit quadrangle.

South Bluff Homes within Winnebago County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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.

In the county-history sources

22,442 words on this township

The History of Winnebago County, Illinois : Its Past and Present, Containing ... a Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics ... History of the Northwest, History of Illinois ... Etc, published 1877 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Rockton Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Rockton Township - 22,442 words.

Fires near this place

23 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of South Bluff Homes between 2018 and 2020, burning about 42 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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
25 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources181293
5 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources201883
26 July 2018Smoking1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources183149
4 June 2018Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources182327
20 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources201732
18 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources182542
28 May 2018Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources182208
2 May 2018Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources181786

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Winnebago County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of South Bluff Homes: 12 past producers, 3 producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Black QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Can-Tex Industries Aggregate PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Durgon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ed Truman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ellis PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Escher QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Foss QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
General Dynamics PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Illinois Wisconsin Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kelley Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant

Every working recorded in Winnebago 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
Northgate Estates0.6 miles19
South Beloit1.0 miles19
Rockton2.6 miles19
Morehaven4.6 miles19
Riverdale4.8 miles19
Roscoe5.6 miles19
Stagecoach Hills6.0 miles14
Phil-Aire Estates7.0 miles19

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 Q122561198The 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 2628254. 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.