BlockSpencer Heights, Illinois
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Mounds precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62964. The Survey maps it on the Pulaski quadrangle. It stands 423 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 24 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.
- 1931 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1933 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Pulaski quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Spencer Heights: 1 past producer, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mound City Dredge & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Mound City Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Mounds | 0.4 miles | 27 | |
| Mounds | 0.9 miles | 27 | |
| Villa Ridge | 2.2 miles | 24 | |
| Mound City | 3.4 miles | 27 | |
| America | 3.8 miles | 25 | |
| Pryortown | 5.0 miles | 24 | |
| Pulaski | 6.0 miles | 24 | |
| Olmsted | 6.7 miles | 25 |
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 Spencer Heights | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7576074 | 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 418894. 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.