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Feature Details

Feature ID

408636

Name

Fox River

Class

Stream

Feature Code

Stream

Location

LaSalle County - Illinois

Citation

Source Type	Map
Reference	US
Originator	U.S. Geological Survey
Notes	Primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K) and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files. In some instances, from 1:62,500 scale or 1:250,000 scale maps.
Distribution Date	December 31, 1981
Title
Edition
Original Citation	Primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K) and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files.

Entry Date

January 15, 1980

*Elevation

140 meters / 459 feet

Designations

History

Description

325 kilometers long. Heads in a small unnamed swamp, 1.6 km (1 mi) southeast of the community of Colgate, Wisconsin, flows generally south across the Wisconsin/Illinois State line, continuing south to join the Illinois River at Ottawa, Illinois.

Census Code	Class Code	GSA Code	OPM Code
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Variant Names

Name	In Part	Originator	Reference	Series Name	Publication Date	Source URL	Title	Edition	Notes	Additional Information
Foxes River	No	Vogel, Virgil J.	WI	-	December 31, 1991	-	Indian Names on Wisconsin's Map	-	-	Vogel, Virgil J. Indian Names on Wisconsin's Map. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press, 1991. Use form WI-T1/p.
Pashtic River	No	Vogel, Virgil J.	WI	-	December 31, 1991	-	Indian Names on Wisconsin's Map	-	-	Vogel, Virgil J. Indian Names on Wisconsin's Map. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press, 1991. Use form WI-T1/p.
Pistakee River	No	Vogel, Virgil J.	WI	-	December 31, 1991	-	Indian Names on Wisconsin's Map	-	-	Vogel, Virgil J. Indian Names on Wisconsin's Map. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press, 1991. Use form WI-T1/p.
Pisticoui River	No	Vogel, Virgil J.	WI	-	December 31, 1991	-	Indian Names on Wisconsin's Map	-	-	Vogel, Virgil J. Indian Names on Wisconsin's Map. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press, 1991. Use form WI-T1/p.
Waukesha	No	Vogel, Virgil J.	WI	-	December 31, 1991	-	Indian Names on Wisconsin's Map	-	-	Vogel, Virgil J. Indian Names on Wisconsin's Map. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press, 1991. Use form WI-T1/p.
Waukesha River	No	-	WI	-	-	-	-	-	-	The Inland Lakes of Wisconsin: Bulletin Number 27. Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, 1914.

Decisions

Name	Date	Authority	Type

Decision Cards

Filename

Coordinates

Sequence	Coordinates	Map	State
1	41.3436447, -88.8406325 / 41° 20' 37.12" N, 88° 50' 26.28" W	Ottawa	IL
2	41.4375321, -88.7642418 / 41° 26' 15.12" N, 88° 45' 51.27" W	Wedron	IL
3	41.4611427, -88.6995184 / 41° 27' 40.11" N, 88° 41' 58.27" W	Serena	IL
4	41.5433641, -88.6692415 / 41° 32' 36.11" N, 88° 40' 9.27" W	Sheridan	IL
5	41.6153079, -88.5603525 / 41° 36' 55.11" N, 88° 33' 37.27" W	Newark	IL
6	41.6339188, -88.5211855 / 41° 38' 2.11" N, 88° 31' 16.27" W	Plano	IL
7	41.6425298, -88.4353501 / 41° 38' 33.11" N, 88° 26' 7.26" W	Yorkville	IL
8	41.7280850, -88.3406269 / 41° 43' 41.11" N, 88° 20' 26.26" W	Aurora South	IL
9	41.8122510, -88.3242397 / 41° 48' 44.10" N, 88° 19' 27.26" W	Aurora North	IL
10	41.9372498, -88.3147986 / 41° 56' 14.10" N, 88° 18' 53.27" W	Geneva	IL
11	42.0622483, -88.2739679 / 42° 3' 44.09" N, 88° 16' 26.28" W	Elgin	IL
12	42.1878021, -88.2634158 / 42° 11' 16.09" N, 88° 15' 48.30" W	Crystal Lake	IL
13	42.2053019, -88.2103593 / 42° 12' 19.09" N, 88° 12' 37.29" W	Barrington	IL
14	42.2794672, -88.2267507 / 42° 16' 46.08" N, 88° 13' 36.30" W	Wauconda	IL
15	42.3422438, -88.2598089 / 42° 20' 32.08" N, 88° 15' 35.31" W	McHenry	IL
16	42.4180760, -88.1634185 / 42° 25' 5.07" N, 88° 9' 48.31" W	Fox Lake	IL
17	42.5627962, -88.1814769 / 42° 33' 46.07" N, 88° 10' 53.32" W	Silver Lake	WI
18	42.6377954, -88.2384235 / 42° 38' 16.06" N, 88° 14' 18.32" W	Rochester	WI
19	42.6814059, -88.2698134 / 42° 40' 53.06" N, 88° 16' 11.33" W	Burlington	WI
20	42.8075157, -88.2250904 / 42° 48' 27.06" N, 88° 13' 30.33" W	Waterford	WI
21	42.8761254, -88.2420359 / 42° 52' 34.05" N, 88° 14' 31.33" W	Muskego	WI
22	42.8775141, -88.2573141 / 42° 52' 39.05" N, 88° 15' 26.33" W	Genesee	WI
23	42.8680696, -88.2884261 / 42° 52' 5.05" N, 88° 17' 18.33" W	Mukwonago	WI
24	43.0016785, -88.2514817 / 43° 0' 6.04" N, 88° 15' 5.33" W	Hartland	WI
25	43.0622400, -88.1635900 / 43° 3' 44.06" N, 88° 9' 48.92" W	Waukesha	WI
26	43.1858403, -88.1950925 / 43° 11' 9.03" N, 88° 11' 42.33" W	Sussex	WI

Government Units

Sequence	State or Equivalent	County or Equivalent
1	Illinois	LaSalle County
2	Illinois	Kendall County
3	Illinois	Kane County
4	Illinois	McHenry County
5	Wisconsin	Kenosha County
6	Illinois	Lake County
7	Wisconsin	Racine County
8	Wisconsin	Waukesha County

Map

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