
The Joliet Ammunitions Plant dominates the northern reaches of this Illinois landscape, revealing a dense grid of infrastructure and military reservations south of Kemery Lake. The transition from industrial-military use to rural agriculture is marked by the Old Indian Reservation Boundary, which cuts diagonally across the townships of Florence and Wilton. In the southern portion of the quadrangle, the small settlements of Symerton and Ritchie serve as anchors for the surrounding farmland, with the latter situated near the confluence of Forked Creek and the Ritchie Sta rail corridor.
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1892 · Wilmington
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1918 · Wilmington
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1922 · Kankakee
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1923 · Herscher
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1924 · Kankakee
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1925 · Herscher
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1929 · Brisbane
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1949 · Peotone
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1953 · Manhattan
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1953 · Wilton Center
USGS Topo · 1:24,000