BlockCoal Hollow, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Selby Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61356. The Survey maps it on the Depue quadrangle. It stands 577 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1893 USGS Hennepin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Hennepin quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS Hennepin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Depue quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Kewanee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Coal Hollow: 8 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Lead, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depue Phosphoric Acid Plant | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | 1973 | |
| New Jersey Zinc Depue Plant | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Bureau Rawson Plant #6 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Depue White City Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dieci Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Embs Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gross Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Obcrhaus Pit & Portable Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Seaton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Yucus Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coal Hollow in 1 storm report in 2010: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coal Hollow | - | Law enforcement reported a tree down on Route 6 east of Princeton. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hollowayville | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Malden | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Depue | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Seatonville | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Dover | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Bureau | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Princeton | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Ottville | 5.7 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Coal Hollow | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5137735 | 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 422565. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.