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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1911 USGS Elizabeth quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1936 USGS Elizabeth quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Elizabeth NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Dubuque South quadrangle1:100000, 4 printings
In the county-history sources
69,799 words on this townshipThe 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 2008Regional 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/undetermined | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | WAND |
| 7 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | CNR |
| 7 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | STAGECOACH |
| 30 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 8011 |
| 11 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | GERLACH |
| 22 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | NIEMANN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oppie Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Russell Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Sweet Home Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Yungbluth Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millville | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| Warren | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Apple River | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Nora | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Apple Canyon Lake | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Pitcherville (historical) | 7.4 miles | 14 | |
| Stockton | 8.3 miles | 14 | |
| East Stockton (historical) | 9.2 miles | 14 |
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.







