BlockSand Barrens, Illinois
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Denison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62460. The Survey maps it on the Saint Francisville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 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.
- 1915 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1944 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS St. Francisville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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 Sand Barrens: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allendale Gravel Co. Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sand Barrens in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 2 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Sand Barrens | - | Water reported over IL Route 1 between St. Francisville and Mt. Carmel. Other side streets also becoming inundated with water. Flooding continued in this location into the early morning hours of July 1st, 2025, before subsiding. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Sand Barrens | - | Water was reported over IL Route 1 between St. Francisville and Mt. Carmel, beginning at 22:59 LST on June 30th. Other side streets were also inundated by water. This flooding lingered into the early morning hours of July 1st, dissipating by 01:45 LST. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sand Barrens | - | Wind gust reported at Mount Carmel Airport. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Francisville | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Grays Corner | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Billett | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Petersburg | 7.3 miles | 13 | |
| Grisold (historical) | 8.7 miles | 17 | |
| Bridgeport | 8.7 miles | 13 | |
| Helena | 9.2 miles | 13 | |
| Jackson | 9.3 miles | 17 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122556147 | 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 417925. 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.