BlockVevay Park, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62420. It stands on Birch Creek. The Survey maps it on the Union Center 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.
- 1933 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Union Center quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Effingham quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Union Center quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Vevay Park: 3 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenup Shale Exposure | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Mengel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Casey | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Casey South Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lehigh Main Quarry | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Center | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Timothy | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Maple Point | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Hazel Dell | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Greenup | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Dees | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Liberty Hill | 7.6 miles | 13 | |
| Walla Walla | 9.1 miles | 13 |
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 Vevay Park | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7923865 | 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 423277. 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.