BlockHarvest Glen, Illinois
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Plainfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60544. The Survey maps it on the Normantown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 22 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.
- 1892 USGS Joliet quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1923 USGS Joliet quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Normantown quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Joliet quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Normantown quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Normantown quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
1,852 words on this townshipThe History of Will County, Illinois, Containing a History of the County ... a Directory of Its Real Estate Owners; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; General and Local Statistics ... History of Illinois ... History of the Northwest .., published 1878 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Plainfield Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Plainfield Township - 1,852 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Harvest Glen: 5 past producers, 3 plants, 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lockport Pit/Yard 15 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Patterson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Plainfield Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Plainfield Plant & Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Avery No. 2 Pit & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Avery No. 3 Pit & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Boughton Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Dupage River Quarry E.E. Hauling | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Illinois Stone Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Knoll | 0.4 miles | 22 | |
| Walkers Grove | 0.5 miles | 22 | |
| Prairie Ponds | 0.9 miles | 22 | |
| Tuttle Farm | 0.9 miles | 22 | |
| Golden Meadow Estates | 1.0 miles | 22 | |
| Quail Run | 1.2 miles | 22 | |
| Shenandoah | 1.2 miles | 22 | |
| Liberty Grove | 1.4 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 Q122559089 | 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 2356035. 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.