BlockMayview, Illinois
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1990. It stands in St. Joseph Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61802. The Survey maps it on the Saint Joseph quadrangle. It stands 686 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1906 USGS Urbana quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1957 USGS Urbana quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS St. Joseph quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Champaign quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
In the county-history sources
962 words on this townshipEarly History and Pioneers of Champaign County : Illustrated by One Hundred and Fifteen Superb Engravings by Melville : Containing Biographical Sketches of the Early Settlers, the Early History of the County Obtained from the Most Reliable Sources and Many Graphic Scenes and Incidents from the Bright and Shady Sides of Pioneer Life, published 1891 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on St. Joseph Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on St. Joseph Township - 962 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 Mayview: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champaign City Hwy Dept | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Urbana City Eng | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mayview in 1 storm report in 2015: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayview | $15,000 | A tree was blown over onto a house. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fulls | 1.1 miles | 19 | |
| Mira | 3.4 miles | 24 | |
| Saint Joseph | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Augerville | 3.7 miles | 23 | |
| Deers | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Glover | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| Tipton | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Sellers | 5.0 miles | 20 |
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 Mayview | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6798135 | 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 413168. 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.