BlockBluffside, Illinois
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Sugar Loaf Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62236. The Survey maps it on the Columbia quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 20 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.
- 1910 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Festus quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Bluffside: 4 past producers, 2 plants, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Casper Stolle Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Columbia Quarry & Mill #9 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Columbia Quarry No. 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Columbia Quarry No. 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| East St. Louis Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| T.W. Stolle Quarry | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darmstadt (historical) | 2.1 miles | 20 | |
| Imbs | 2.9 miles | 27 | |
| Rodemich | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Sugarloaf Heights | 3.2 miles | 20 | |
| Phelps | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Tillman | 3.6 miles | 27 | |
| Millstadt | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Dupo | 3.7 miles | 27 |
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 Q122562097 | 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 426274. 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.