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Averyville, Illinois

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Peoria City Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61603. The Survey maps it on the Peoria East quadrangle.

Averyville within Peoria County

On record in Averyville

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 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

43,882 words on this township

The History of Peoria County, Illinois. Containing a History of the Northwest--history of Illinois--history of the County, Its Early Settlement, Growth, Development, Resources, Etc., Etc. .., published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Peoria City Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Peoria City Township - 43,882 words.

Fires near this place

1 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Averyville in 2009, burning about 2 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 burning1

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
20 March 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesDUNDEE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Peoria County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Averyville: 5 past producers, 4 producers, 1 plant. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Clay Pit No 3 Peoria Brick & TileClayProducer
Peoria Blacktop S & GFire Clay (Refractory)Plant
Peoria City PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Farmdale Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jubilee Materials Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Moushon Construction Co. Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Moushon Construction Co. Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Peoria Concrete Construction Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Peoria PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Stevers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Peoria 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
North Peoria1.2 miles21
Peoria2.1 miles21
Peoria Heights2.2 miles21
Long Shore Park2.7 miles23
Sankoty3.0 miles23
Keller3.6 miles23
El Vista3.6 miles19
West Peoria3.9 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1720251. 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.