BlockBlackhawk Estates, Illinois
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Homer Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60441. It stands on North Fraction Run. The Survey maps it on the Joliet quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 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.
- 1892 USGS Joliet quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1923 USGS Joliet quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Joliet quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Joliet quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Joliet quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Joliet quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Joliet quadrangle1:24000
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 Blackhawk Estates: 4 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Mobil Oil Joilet Refinery | Sulfur | Plant | ||
| Texaco Lockport Plant | Sulfur | Producer | ||
| Gross & Mc Cowan Lumber Co. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Swan, Medin & Company Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Western Stone Company Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Will Co. Hwy. Dept. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colonial Acres | 1.0 miles | 23 | |
| Kylemore | 1.0 miles | 23 | |
| Gombis | 1.0 miles | 23 | |
| Broken Arrow | 1.3 miles | 23 | |
| Chesnut Pointe | 1.3 miles | 23 | |
| Spring View West | 1.4 miles | 23 | |
| Heritage Estates | 1.4 miles | 23 | |
| Pine Needle | 1.4 miles | 23 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122547326 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2355640. 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.
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.