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Stately Oaks, Illinois

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Homer Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60491. The Survey maps it on the Joliet quadrangle.

Stately Oaks within Will County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Stately Oaks in 2020, burning about 4 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/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
1 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources20-0002215
3 August 2020Smokingunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources20-0001661
5 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources20-0000919
5 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources20-0000918
13 April 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources20-0000723
9 November 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources20-0002593
1 October 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources20-0002295

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Will County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Stately Oaks: 3 past producers, 3 plants, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sulfur, 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
Lemont PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
(Facility) Mobil Oil Joilet RefinerySulfurPlant
(Facility) Union 76 Chicago RefinerySulfurPlant
Texaco Lockport PlantSulfurProducer
Barge Slip QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lemont Quarry & Mill Yard 360Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lemont Quarry Consumers CompanyStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Romeo Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant

Every working recorded in Will 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
Stately Acres0.5 miles26
Hidden Creek Estates0.7 miles23
King Acres0.7 miles26
Long Run Acres0.9 miles26
Quail Brook Estates0.9 miles26
Mallard Lake Estates0.9 miles23
Twin Creek1.0 miles26
Country Squire1.1 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2356071. 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.