BlockGombis, Illinois
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Homer Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60491. It stands on North Fraction Run. The Survey maps it on the Mokena quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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.
- 1890 USGS Des Plaines quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Des Plaines quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Des Plaines quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Des Plaines quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1929 USGS Mokena quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Mokena quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Mokena quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Mokena quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Mokena quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Gombis: 1 producer, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Mobil Oil Joilet Refinery | Sulfur | Plant | ||
| Texaco Lockport Plant | Sulfur | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kylemore | 0.4 miles | 23 | |
| Colonial Acres | 0.6 miles | 23 | |
| Heritage Estates | 0.7 miles | 23 | |
| Blackhawk Estates | 1.0 miles | 23 | |
| Spring View West | 1.6 miles | 23 | |
| Chesnut Pointe | 1.8 miles | 23 | |
| Pine Hills Estates | 1.9 miles | 23 | |
| Broken Arrow | 1.9 miles | 23 |
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 Q122567999 | 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 2355647. 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.