BlockWindenoak, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Blackberry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60119. It stands on Elburn Run. The Survey maps it on the Sugar Grove quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Sugar Grove quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Sugar Grove quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
1,749 words on this townshipHistory of Kane County, Ill., published 1908 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Blackberry Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Blackberry Township - 1,749 words.
Fires near this place
3 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Windenoak in 2014, burning about 7 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/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014-536 |
| 7 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014-343 |
| 6 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014-332 |
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 Windenoak: 6 past producers, 3 producers, 2 plants. 5 still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Mound Pit, Site #5 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Elburn Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Elburn Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Harker Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Highland Avenue Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kane County Hwy. Dept. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kane Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kaneville Plant & Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Kuglee Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Nichols 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timbercrest | 0.4 miles | 13 | |
| Rombury Oaks | 0.7 miles | 13 | |
| Donny Hill Meadows | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Still Meadows | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Blackberry Acres | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Elburn | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Willow Creek | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Native Prairie | 2.2 miles | 13 |
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 Q122559458 | 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 2025935. 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.