BlockMoonshine, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Orange Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62442. The Survey maps it on the Moriah quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Annapolis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Moriah quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Terre Haute quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Moriah quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Moonshine: 1 occurrence. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hogue Town | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Moriah | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Orange | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Neadmore | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Oak Point | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Melrose | 7.3 miles | 14 | |
| Weir | 7.7 miles | 17 | |
| Cumberland | 9.0 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422996. 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.