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Woodland Addition, Illinois

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1994. It stands in South Ottawa Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61350. The Survey maps it on the Ottawa quadrangle.

Woodland Addition within LaSalle County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 27 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

2,321 words on this township

History of LaSalle County, Illinois : Its Topography, Geology, Botany, Natural History, History of the Mound Builders, Indian Tribes, French Explorations, and a Sketch of the Pioneer Settlers of Each Town to 1840, with an Appendix, Giving the Present Status of the County, Its Population, Resources, Manufactures and Institutions, published 1877 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on South Ottawa Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on South Ottawa Township - 2,321 words.

Fires near this place

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Woodland Addition between 2008 and 2018, burning about 5 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism2

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
6 April 2008Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesBUFFALO
29 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources1023
29 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources1023
28 March 2008Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesGRASS
19 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources180318007

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in LaSalle County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Woodland Addition: 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Silica. 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
Lasalle County Highway PitStonePast Producer
Ottawa Industries Sand PitSilicaProducer
Dickens PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ottawa Pit No. 8Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ill.Valley Min.Co.Clay Shale PitClayPast Producer
Materialite PitClayPast Producer
Porter Co.Clay PitClayPast 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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Stoneyville0.4 miles27
Hitt1.7 miles27
Reed Crossing1.8 miles27
South Ottawa (historical)2.3 miles27
Ottawa3.2 miles27
Naplate3.4 miles27
Grand Ridge4.3 miles11
Dayton6.3 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 421429. 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.