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Von Glen Acres, Illinois

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Marion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61010. It stands on Black Walnut Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stillman Valley quadrangle.

Von Glen Acres within Ogle County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

7,525 words on this township

The History of Ogle 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, General and Local Statistics ... History of the Northwest, History of Illinois ... Etc, published 1878; Portrait and Biographical Album of Ogle County, Illinois, Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County, published 1886 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Marion Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Marion Township - 7,525 words.

Fires near this place

1 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Von Glen Acres in 2020, burning about 5 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
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
23 March 2020Debris and open burning5.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources20-0203

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ogle 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 Von Glen Acres: 9 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
Byron Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Aschelford QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Farmco Quarry No. 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Larsons QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lumpkin QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
R. Mcgee QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Wickwire QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ogle 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
Loose Pulley Junction0.8 miles14
Byron2.1 miles14
Stillman Valley2.2 miles15
Byron Hills Estates3.2 miles14
Paynes Point6.3 miles15
Davis Junction6.7 miles16
White Rock7.1 miles15
Holcomb7.4 miles16

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 Q122546933The 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 1808310. 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.