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Sweet Home, Illinois

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Warren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61087. It stands on South Fork Apple River. The Survey maps it on the Elizabeth NE quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Sweet Home within Jo Daviess County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

69,799 words on this township

The History of Jo Daviess County, Illinois, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., a Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion ... History of the Northwest, History of Illinois ... Constitution of the United States, published 1878 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Warren Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Warren Township - 69,799 words.

Fires near this place

6 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Sweet Home (historical) between 2008 and 2009, burning about 15 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/undetermined6

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
24 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesWAND
7 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesCNR
7 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesSTAGECOACH
30 April 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources8011
11 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesGERLACH
22 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesNIEMANN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jo Daviess County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Sweet Home (historical): 2 past producers, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Oppie QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Russell QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sweet Home QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Yungbluth Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant

Every working recorded in Jo Daviess 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
Millville1.2 miles14
Warren3.6 miles14
Apple River3.9 miles12
Nora5.4 miles14
Apple Canyon Lake6.7 miles15
Pitcherville (historical)7.4 miles14
Stockton8.3 miles14
East Stockton (historical)9.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1815811. 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.