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Vermilion Heights, Illinois

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Danville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61832. It stands on North Fork Vermilion River. The Survey maps it on the Danville SW quadrangle.

Vermilion Heights within Vermilion County

On record in Vermilion Heights

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

73,461 words on this township

History of Vermilion County, Together with Historic Notes on the Northwest, Gleaned from Early Authors, Old Maps and Manuscripts, Private and Official Correspondence, and Other Authentic, Though, for the Most Part, Out-of-the-way Sources, published 1879; History of Vermilion County, Illinois : a Tale of Its Evolution, Settlement, and Progress for Nearly a Century, published 1911 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Danville Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Danville Township - 73,461 words.

Fires near this place

5 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Vermilion Heights between 2004 and 2014, burning about 6 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
Smoking2
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
23 March 2014Smokingunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesJORDAN2
23 March 2004Smokingunder an acreIllinois State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
17 March 2014Debris and open burning3.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesHOLLOWRD92
29 December 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesJORDAN1
8 October 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesHUGHES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Vermilion County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Vermilion Heights: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay. 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
Danville PitClayPast Producer
Harmattan Mine Shale ExposureFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
Western Brick Co. Shale ExposureFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
Sand Valley Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Thomas PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Tucker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Vermilion 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
Wyton0.7 miles19
South Danville1.0 miles20
Danville1.2 miles20
Beeler Terrace1.5 miles19
Vandercook1.6 miles20
Tilton2.0 miles20
Hillery2.2 miles19
Batestown2.3 miles20

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122540617The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 420261. 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.