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Wallingford, Illinois

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Wilton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60442. The Survey maps it on the Wilton Center quadrangle.

Wallingford within Will 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

235 words on this township

History of Will County Illinois, published 1878 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Wilton Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Wilton Township - 235 words.

Fires near this place

6 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Wallingford between 2006 and 2017, burning about 3 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/undetermined5
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
16 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources12-500
15 May 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources1700428
18 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources1039
11 April 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources12-244
20 March 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources12-186
8 October 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMidewin National Tall Grass PrairieBALE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Will County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wallingford: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Wilton Township QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Will 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
Wilton0.7 miles16
Wilton Center1.6 miles13
Andres3.3 miles13
Century East4.0 miles16
Manhattan4.2 miles16
Symerton6.5 miles21
Brisbane8.4 miles16
Country Hills8.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1822230. 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.