Vermilionville, Illinois
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Deer Park Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61348. The Survey maps it on the Starved Rock quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 27 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.
- 1892 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1915 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1946 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Starved Rock quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
3,690 words on this townshipHistory of LaSalle County, Illinois : Its Topography, Geology, Botany, Natural History, History of the Mound Builders, Indian Tribes, French Explorations, and a Sketch of the Pioneer Settlers of Each Town to 1840, with an Appendix, Giving the Present Status of the County, Its Population, Resources, Manufactures and Institutions, published 1877 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Deer Park Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Deer Park Township - 3,690 words.
Fires near this place
24 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Vermilionville between 2008 and 2019, burning about 53 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2019-089 |
| 28 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1063 |
| 25 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 10118 |
| 2 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1060 |
| 6 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 19-00080 |
| 4 May 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1067 |
| 29 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 14-0000082 |
| 17 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2017-062 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Vermilionville: 6 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marquette Co Cement--Lowell Plant | Stone | Producer | ||
| Boehm No. 1 Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Boehm No. 2 Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Lehigh Portland Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Marquette Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ristokrat Clay Pit No. 4 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Utica Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bailey Falls Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| C. Locke Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowell | 1.0 miles | 21 | |
| Bailey Falls (historical) | 2.9 miles | 21 | |
| Deer Park | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| Ticona | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Oglesby | 4.2 miles | 21 | |
| Tonica | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Little Rock (historical) | 4.9 miles | 21 | |
| Leonore | 4.9 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 420264. 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.







