Wyton, Illinois
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Danville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61832. It stands on North Fork Vermilion River. The Survey maps it on the Danville NW quadrangle.
On record in Wyton
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 within a mile 8 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Fischer Theaterlisted 2001 · 0.1 miles away
Fithian Houselisted 1975 · 0.4 miles away
Building at 210-212 West North Streetlisted 2000 · 0.6 miles away
Holland Apartmentslisted 1988 · 0.7 miles away
Danville Public Librarylisted 1978 · 0.7 miles away
Adams Buildinglisted 2000 · 0.7 miles away
United States Post Office and Court Houselisted 2016 · 0.7 miles away
First National Bank Buildinglisted 2018 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1899 USGS Danville quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Danville quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1948 USGS Danville NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Danville NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Danville NW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Danville quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Danville quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
73,461 words on this townshipHistory of Vermilion County, Together with Historic Notes on the Northwest, Gleaned from Early Authors, Old Maps and Manuscripts, Private and Official Correspondence, and Other Authentic, Though, for the Most Part, Out-of-the-way Sources, published 1879; History of Vermilion County, Illinois : a Tale of Its Evolution, Settlement, and Progress for Nearly a Century, published 1911 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Danville Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Danville Township - 73,461 words.
Fires near this place
5 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Wyton between 2004 and 2014, burning about 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 March 2014 | Smoking | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | JORDAN2 |
| 23 March 2004 | Smoking | under an acre | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 17 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | HOLLOWRD92 |
| 29 December 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | JORDAN1 |
| 8 October 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | HUGHES |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Wyton: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danville Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Harmattan Mine Shale Exposure | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | ||
| Western Brick Co. Shale Exposure | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | ||
| Sand Valley Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Thomas Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Tucker 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermilion Heights | 0.7 miles | 20 | |
| Danville | 0.8 miles | 20 | |
| Beeler Terrace | 1.0 miles | 19 | |
| South Danville | 1.0 miles | 20 | |
| Vandercook | 2.0 miles | 20 | |
| Denmark (historical) | 2.3 miles | 19 | |
| Tilton | 2.4 miles | 20 | |
| Hillery | 2.7 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 423341. 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.









