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Winston, Illinois

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Rice Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61041. The Survey maps it on the Hanover quadrangle.

Winston within Jo Daviess County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

1,028 words on this township

The History of Jo Daviess 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 ... History of the Northwest, History of Illinois ... Constitution of the United States, published 1878 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Rice Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Rice Township - 1,028 words.

Fires near this place

8 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Winston between 1996 and 2014, burning about 14 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 burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesZANK
26 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesGELENA
7 April 1996Debris and open burning1.8 acresSavanna District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife RefugePLUMRIVER
17 April 2002Debris and open burning1.1 acresSavanna District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife RefugeBROWNS LK
12 April 2002Railroad operations and maintenance9.0 acresSavanna District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife RefugeGREEN ISLA
25 March 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 March 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesFIRST
30 October 1999Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresSavanna District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife RefugeNSANTAFE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jo Daviess County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 58 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 58 workings within 5 miles of Winston: 38 past producers, 8 occurrences, 5 prospects, 4 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc. 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
Blackjack MineZinc, LeadPast Producer1854, 1952
Gray MineZinc, CadmiumUnknown1926, 1944, 1949
Nobis QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Bellevue Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kueter PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Amelia MineLead, ZincPast Producer1957
Amelia MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Bautsch MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Blackjack MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Gray MineLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jo Daviess 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
Rice1.7 miles18
Rodden2.3 miles18
Aiken3.0 miles18
Blanding4.3 miles18
Galena Junction5.0 miles18
Bremen5.3 miles19
North Hanover5.3 miles18
Weston (historical)5.5 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 423326. 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.