BlockWest Miltmore, Illinois
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Lake Villa Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60046. The Survey maps it on the Antioch quadrangle. It stands 807 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1920 USGS Grays Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1923 USGS Grays Lake quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Antioch quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Grayslake quadrangle1:62500
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Antioch quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of West Miltmore between 2008 and 2019, burning about 18 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 burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | MARTIN |
| 7 July 2012 | Fireworks | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 12-01622 |
| 4 July 2012 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 12-01582 |
| 21 July 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 16-1966 |
| 16 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | BLACKHAWK |
| 18 May 2013 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | OVERLOOK |
| 8 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 18-0975 |
| 7 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | LCFPD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venetian Village | 0.3 miles | 20 | |
| Rollins | 1.3 miles | 20 | |
| Lake Villa | 1.6 miles | 20 | |
| Lindenhurst | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| Round Lake Beach | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| Round Lake Heights | 2.8 miles | 20 | |
| Monaville | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| Wedges Corner | 2.9 miles | 20 |
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 Q7986005 | The 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 2729826. 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.