BlockWayne, Illinois
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1998. It stands in St. Charles Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60184. It stands on Country Club Road Run. The Survey maps it on the Geneva quadrangle.
On record in Wayne
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 1 record
Oaklawn Farmlisted 1979
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1932 USGS Geneva quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Geneva quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Geneva quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Geneva quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Geneva quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Geneva quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
3,815 words on this townshipHistory of Kane County, Ill., published 1908 names this settlement in its chapter on St. Charles Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
St. Charles township and the village of St. Charles were, in the early days, the most important part of the county, and for years St, Charles was the center of the general activities of the northern part of the district. In an early day this township was the seat of many Indian settlements and the trails of the redmen were numerous. One of the most noted was known as "Waubonsie's trail," which tV>llo\ve(l tiie ri\-er on tlie west baiii-c and took in aU the prominent springs in that vicinity. As late as 1845 this trail was plainly visible across the land afterward owned by C. D. Wing, J. D. Brown and C. H. Haines. Another trail led west from Chicago to Rock River across Fox river near where the St. Charles dam now is and followed the ravine west and over the prairie. The third came from the northeast and a fourth diverged from the Chicago trail near Wayne Station and crossed the river at the bend now known as Five Islands, about a half mile below the present Illinois Central railroad bridge.
Passage source: History of Kane County, Ill., published 1908.
Other settlers of 1835 were Solomon Dunham and his son-in-law, Mark W. Fletcher (afterward a prominent politician in the county) ; Joseph Pemberton and Nathan Perry. The claim of Solomon Dunham has since expanded into the fine Dunham stock farm near Wayne, which comprises over one thousand two hundred acres of land. Miss Alzira Garton died in the fall of 1835 and was buried at Brown Grove. This was the first death in the settlement.
Passage source: History of Kane County, Ill., published 1908.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
10 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Wayne between 2013 and 2014, burning about 72 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 June 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014-562 |
| 4 May 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014-445 |
| 7 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 14-177 |
| 7 April 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014-340 |
| 7 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014-339 |
| 7 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014-337 |
| 6 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2013-300 |
| 5 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014-328 |
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 Wayne: 5 past producers, 3 producers, 3 plants. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fox River Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Fox River Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bartlett Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bartlett Plant & Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| East Riverdale Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Hammond Plant & Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hammonds Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Meyer Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| South Elgin Plant & Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Van Acker Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunham Castle | 0.1 miles | 17 | |
| Valley View | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Fox River Estates | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Surrey Woods | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Fox River Heights | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Coleman | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Farmington | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Five Island Park | 2.5 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1718943. 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.