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Tanglewood, Illinois

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Batavia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60510. The Survey maps it on the Aurora North quadrangle.

Tanglewood within Kane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

248 words on this township

History of Kane County, Ill., published 1908 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Batavia Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Batavia Township - 248 words.

Fires near this place

1 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Tanglewood in 2013, burning under an acre 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
Debris and open burning1

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
6 April 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2013-294

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kane County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Tanglewood: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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
Bald Mound Pit, Site #5Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Aurora QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hendrickson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Riverbank Stone and Lime Quarry No1Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Riverbank Stone and Lime Quarry No2Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kane 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
Heaton Park0.1 miles15
Heritage West0.7 miles15
Wenmoth Acres1.2 miles15
Mooseheart1.4 miles15
Spring Green1.6 miles15
Randall Hills1.7 miles15
Tanner Woods2.5 miles13
North Aurora2.5 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2025906. 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.