BlockPlainview, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Hillyard Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62685. The Survey maps it on the Plainview quadrangle. It stands 614 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1912 USGS Gillespie quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Gillespie quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Plainview quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Litchfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Plainview 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 Plainview: 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 |
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Plainview in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2013: 2 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plainview | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs in Plainview. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plainview | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Plainview | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Plainview | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Lakes | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Centerville | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Shipman | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Macoupin | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Summerville | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| Dorchester | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| Baylestown | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Millville | 7.6 miles | 12 |
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 Plainview | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7200766 | 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 415754. 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.