BlockHeathsville, Illinois
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Montgomery Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62427. It stands on Sweet Creek. The Survey maps it on the Heathsville quadrangle. It stands 492 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1917 USGS Birds quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Birds quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Heathsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
1,452 words on this townshipILLINOIS HISTORICAL CRAWFORD COUNTY, published 1909 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Montgomery Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Montgomery Township - 1,452 words.
Storms near this place
1 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Heathsville in 1 storm report in 2003: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heathsville | - | A tree was blown over across Illinois Route 33. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morea | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Richwoods | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Oil Grove | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Flat Rock | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Crawfordsville (historical) | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Palestine | 7.8 miles | 20 | |
| Duncanville | 7.9 miles | 13 | |
| Villas | 9.9 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 Heathsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5694367 | 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 410007. 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.
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.