BlockIvy Heights, Illinois
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Wood River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62095. The Survey maps it on the Wood River quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 24 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.
- 1927 USGS Alton quadrangle1:62500
- 1934 USGS Alton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Wood River quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Wood River quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Alton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Wood River quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS St Louis quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1994 USGS Wood River quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
6,541 words on this townshipCentennial History of Madison County, Illinois, and Its People, 1812 to 1912, published 1912 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Wood River Township covers first settlers, wood river massacre monument, first schools, upper alton, literary, religious and educational, industries and business.
Read the chapter on Wood River Township - 6,541 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Ivy Heights: 1 plant, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur, Stone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Shell Oil Wood River Refinery | Sulfur | Plant | ||
| Alton Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Wood City Pit | Stone | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kendall Hill | 1.1 miles | 24 | |
| Roxana | 1.4 miles | 24 | |
| Oakwood Heights | 1.5 miles | 23 | |
| Rosedale | 2.0 miles | 23 | |
| Wood River | 2.1 miles | 24 | |
| Wanda | 2.2 miles | 24 | |
| South Roxana | 2.3 miles | 24 | |
| Rosewood Heights | 2.3 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 Q122540116 | 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 1812271. 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.