BlockIles, Illinois
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Capital Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62704. The Survey maps it on the Springfield West quadrangle.
On record in Iles
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals-Springfield Mine Rescue Stationlisted 1985 · 0.4 miles away
Elijah Iles Houselisted 1978 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1907 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1930 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1940 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Springfield West quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Springfield West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Springfield West quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
9,795 words on this townshipHistory of Sangamon County, Illinois; Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Townships ... Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens. History of Illinois, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Capital Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Capital Township - 9,795 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Iles: 4 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poston Brick & Concrete Prod. Clay | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Springfield Clay Prod.Co.Pitclay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Springfield Pit Solomon Service | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Sangamon County Highway Department | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Springfield City Eng. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Iles in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2016 | Lightning | Iles | $5,000 | Lightning struck the eastbound lane of I-72 near Knights Action Park in Springfield, creating a large hole in the pavement approximately 2 feet in diameter and 6 inches deep. At least 4 vehicles sustained flat tires as a result of the hole. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iles | $2,000 | A tree was blown down on Krell Drive on the southwest side of Springfield. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iles | - | A one-foot diameter tree was snapped just north of I-72. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iles | - | A 5-foot diameter tree was blown onto a fence. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawthorne Place | 0.7 miles | 19 | |
| Jess | 0.9 miles | 19 | |
| West Grand Place | 0.9 miles | 19 | |
| Southern View | 1.0 miles | 19 | |
| Mildred | 1.2 miles | 19 | |
| Leland Grove | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Jerome | 1.5 miles | 19 | |
| Coleman | 1.9 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1747301. 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.