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Sutton, Illinois

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Barrington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60010. The Survey maps it on the Streamwood quadrangle.

Sutton within Cook County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

44,928 words on this township

History of Cook County, Illinois. From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Barrington Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Barrington Township - 44,928 words.

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 Sutton: 7 producers, 2 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Beverly Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Carpentersville Pit #25Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dundee North Road Mat'Ls CorpSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dundee Pit Meyer MaterialSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dundee Pit Road Mat'Ls CorpSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dundee S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Elgin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mc Graw Pit Meyer MaterialSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Steffen Brothers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cook County

Storms near this place

5 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sutton in 5 storm reports between 2012 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2022Thunderstorm WindSutton-A large tree was blown down blocking a road near Old Sutton Road and Route 72.
May 2018FloodSutton-Approximately five inches of flowing water was reported on Shoe Factory Road, east of Bartlett Road.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindSutton-Nine trees blown down near Shoe Factory Rd and I-90. Time estimated.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindSutton-Large tree branches were blown down with several gusts estimated at over 60 mph.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindSutton-Wind gusts were estimated to 70 mph near the intersection of Algonquin and Barrington Roads.

Every storm recorded in Cook 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
Barrington Center1.0 miles20
South Barrington3.9 miles22
Barrington Hills3.9 miles19
Streamwood4.9 miles20
Barrington5.1 miles19
Sherwood Oaks5.1 miles20
Inverness5.4 miles22
Howe Terrace5.9 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 419439. 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.

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.