The proximity of underground mines to residential and other built-up areas in Illinois

34 Pages·1991·2 MB·English

by  Treworgy, Colin G

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The Underground
Proximity of
Mines to Residential and Other
Areas
Built-up in Illinois
Colin G. Treworgy
Carol Aiiiifan^abLOGicwi
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1991
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY 138
Department of Energy and Natural Resources
ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
ILLINOISSTATEGEOLOGICALSURVEY
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The Proximity of Underground
Mines to Residential and Other
Areas
Built-up
in Illinois
Colin G. Treworgy
Carol A. Hindman
GEOLOGICAL
ILLINOIS
SURVEY LIBRARY
1991
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY 138
ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Morris W. Leighton, Chief
Natural Resources Building
615 East Peabody Drive
Champaign, Illinois 61820
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in 2012 with funding from
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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CONTENTS
ABSTRACT
1
INTRODUCTION
1
ASSESSMENT OF PROXIMITY OF MINES TO RESIDENTIAL AND BUILT-UP AREAS 2
Sources and Characteristics of Data 2
Coal Mine Data 3
Data for Mines Producing Industrial Minerals and Metals 3
Land-Use Data 3
Census Data 3
Zones of Mine Proximity 5
Land Use Categories 6
Number of Housing Units 7
RESULTS 7
Distribution of Undermined Land within Counties 8
Effect of Mining Methodon Subsidence Potential 15
Potential Impact ofSubsidence on Urban Expansion 15
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 17
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 17
REFERENCES 17
FIGURES
1 Schematic map showing the relationship of Zones 1 and 2 to mined-out areas and the
relationship of urban buffer to urban land use 5
2 Residential acreage in Zone 1 8
3 Comparison (by county) of percentage of total area in Zone 1 compared with the
percentage of residential land in Zone 1 12
4 Undermined lands and built-up areas in Macon County 14
5 Undermined lands and built-up areas in Peoria County 16
TABLES
1 Original scale, date, and source of digital data used to evaluate the proximity of built-up
areas to underground mines 2
2 Underground mines producing industrial minerals and metals, by county and commodity 4
3 Dates of land use data from USGS digital files 4
4 Width of Zone 2 assigned to industrial mineral and metal mines 6
5 Acreage and percentage of land use categories in Zone 1, by county 9
6 Acreage and percentage of land use categories in Zone 2, by county 10
7 Acreage and percentage of land use categories in Zones 1 and 2, by county 1
8 Ranking of top 15 mining counties by (1) total acreage in Zone 1 and (2) estimated number
of housing units in Zone 1 13
9 Counties with longwall mining 15
COVER
See page 5 for explanation of map on cover
Printed by the authority ofthe State ofIllinois/1991/1200