BlockGlen Carbon Crossing, Illinois
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Edwardsville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62034. The Survey maps it on the Edwardsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1927 USGS Edwardsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1932 USGS Edwardsville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Edwardsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Edwardsville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Edwardsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Carlyle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Edwardsville quadrangle1:24000
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 Glen Carbon Crossing: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison County Pit | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glen Carbon Crossing in 3 storm reports between 2025 and 2026: 3 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Hail | Glen Carbon Crossing | - | no account filed |
| March 2025 | Hail | Glen Carbon Crossing | - | no account filed |
| March 2025 | Hail | Glen Carbon Crossing | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Carbon | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Mont Station | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Chinatown | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Troy Junction | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Maryville | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Pleasant Ridge | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Lakeview Acres | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Wilson Heights | 3.0 miles | 16 |
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 Q122539561 | 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 422740. 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.