BlockHighway Village, Illinois
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Fondulac Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61611. It stands on Dempsey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Peoria East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1905 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1927 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Peoria East quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Peoria East quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1996 USGS Peoria East quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Highway Village: 4 past producers, 3 producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Pit No 3 Peoria Brick & Tile | Clay | Producer | ||
| Peoria Blacktop S & G | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Plant | ||
| Peoria City Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Farmdale Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Jubilee Materials Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Moushon Construction Co. Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Moushon Construction Co. Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Peoria Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fondulac Plaza Shopping Center | 0.8 miles | 21 | |
| East Peoria | 1.8 miles | 21 | |
| Fond du Lac | 1.8 miles | 21 | |
| Farmdale | 1.8 miles | 21 | |
| Caldwell | 2.3 miles | 21 | |
| Cloverdale | 2.4 miles | 21 | |
| Robein | 2.4 miles | 21 | |
| Sunnyland | 2.7 miles | 21 |
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 Q122565661 | 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 410247. 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.