BlockBlue Point, Illinois
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Indian Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62878. The Survey maps it on the Cisne quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1948 USGS Flora quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Flora quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Cisne quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Olney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Blue Point: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speaks Clay Exposure Shale | Clay | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rinard | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Johnsonville | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Cisne | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Round Prairie | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Zenith | 7.1 miles | 10 | |
| Enterprise | 7.1 miles | 10 | |
| Geff | 8.2 miles | 8 | |
| Orchardville | 8.9 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1823823. 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.