BlockLangleyville, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Taylorville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62568. It stands on Panther Creek. The Survey maps it on the Taylorville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1923 USGS Taylorville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1925 USGS Taylorville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Taylorville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
23,957 words on this townshipHistory of Christian County, Illinois, published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Taylorville Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Taylorville Township - 23,957 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Langleyville: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Cty Hwy Dept | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Taylorville City Eng | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Langleyville in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2011: 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Langleyville | - | Heavy rainfall amounts of 3.00 to 5.00 were reported during a two hour period in the early evening hours near Taylorville. Some city streets on the west side of Taylorville had two feet of standing water, and State Highway 104 northwest of Taylorville was impassable. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Langleyville | - | Rainfall amounts of 2.00 to 3.00 were reported from Taylorville through Pana to the Shelby County line in a two hour period. Many streets in the village of Pana were flooded and impassable. Numerous rural roads in southeast Christian County were also reported to be impassable. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeisyville | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Taylorville | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Sharpsburg | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Kincaid | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Bulpitt | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Clarksdale | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Tovey Humphrey Station | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Tovey | 5.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 405370. 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.