Woodvale, Illinois
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Spring Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61453. The Survey maps it on the Little York quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1923 USGS Alexis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1925 USGS Alexis quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Little York quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Aledo quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Aledo quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
5,838 words on this townshipPortrait and Biographical Album of Warren County, Illinois : Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County, Together with Portraits and Biographies of All the Governors of Illinois, and of the Presidents of the United States ; Also Containing a History of the County, from Its Earliest Settlement Up to the Present Time, published 1886 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Spring Grove Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Spring Grove Township - 5,838 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Woodvale: 2 occurrences, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Monmouth Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant |
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodvale in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2016: 2 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shaw | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Spring Grove (historical) | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Alexis Junction | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Gerlaw | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Denny (historical) | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| Eleanor | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Alexis | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Little York | 5.5 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 423335. 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.







