BlockZier Cors, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Cherry Grove-Shannon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61046. The Survey maps it on the Boone Branch quadrangle. It stands 912 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1942 USGS Mt Carroll quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Mt Carroll quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Mt. Carroll quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Boone Branch 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 Zier Cors: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heldt Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| L. Poffenberger Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lake Carroll Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| McKenna Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Witt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| Kittredge | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Lake Carroll | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Lanark | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Shannon | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Ashdale Junction | 7.2 miles | 14 | |
| Mount Carroll | 9.1 miles | 14 | |
| Chadwick | 10.3 miles | 14 |
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 Q8071716 | 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 423348. 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.