BlockBloomington Heights, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Bloomington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61705. It stands on Goose Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bloomington West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1949 USGS Mc Lean quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS McLean quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Bloomington West quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
In the county-history sources
72,613 words on this townshipHistory of Bloomington and Normal, in McLean County, Illinois, published 1879; History of McLean County, Illinois, published 1924 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Bloomington City Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Bloomington City Township - 72,613 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Bloomington Heights in 2013, 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | TALASKI |
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 Bloomington Heights: 4 past producers, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal City Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Baugh Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Market Street Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Probasco Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rowe Pit No. 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rowe Pit No.2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomington | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Twin Grove | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Cardinal Court | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Normal | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Yuton | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Covell | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Hendrix | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Shirley | 5.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 404580. 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.