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Timbercrest, Illinois

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Blackberry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60119. It stands on Elburn Run. The Survey maps it on the Sugar Grove quadrangle.

Timbercrest within Kane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

1,749 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 Blackberry Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Blackberry Township - 1,749 words.

Fires near this place

3 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Timbercrest in 2014, burning about 7 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/undetermined2
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
28 May 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2014-536
7 April 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2014-343
6 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2014-332

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Timbercrest: 6 past producers, 3 producers, 2 plants. 5 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
Bald Mound Pit, Site #5Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Elburn Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Elburn PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Feltes Plant No. 7 & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Harker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kane County Hwy. Dept. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kane Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kaneville Plant & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Kuglee PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Nichols PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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
Windenoak0.4 miles13
Donny Hill Meadows0.6 miles13
Rombury Oaks1.1 miles13
Blackberry Acres1.7 miles13
Willow Creek1.7 miles13
Still Meadows2.0 miles13
Nottingham Woods2.1 miles13
Elburn2.3 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2025911. 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.