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Riddleville, Illinois

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1986. It lies in ZIP code area 62427. The Survey maps it on the Birds quadrangle.

Riddleville within Lawrence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Riddleville: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Goodhope Shale ExposureClayProspect

Every working recorded in Lawrence County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Birds1.4 miles13
Pinkstaff4.1 miles13
Charlottsville (historical)5.6 miles12
Westport6.0 miles12
Russellville6.7 miles14
Lawrenceville8.6 miles17
Applegate8.7 miles12
Jackson9.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 423117. 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.