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Round Prairie, Illinois

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Berry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62823. The Survey maps it on the Crisp quadrangle.

Round Prairie within Wayne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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 Round Prairie: 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
Speaks Clay Exposure ShaleClayProspect

Every working recorded in Wayne 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
Crisp3.2 miles9
Cincinnati4.1 miles9
Johnsonville4.5 miles10
Covington4.8 miles8
Blue Point6.5 miles10
Sims6.7 miles9
Cisne6.7 miles10
Orchardville6.8 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 423135. 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.