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Roberts, Township of Lyman, Ford County, Illinois, United States


Alternative Names:Roberts, Roberts Station
Type:Populated place - a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work
Mindat.org Region:Ford County, Illinois, USA
Region:Township of Lyman, Ford County, Illinois, United States
Latitude:40° 36' 46" N
Longitude:88° 11' 0" W
Lat/Long (dec):40.61281,-88.18338
Köppen climate type:Dfa : Hot-summer humid continental climate
Elevation:238m
Population:350 (2017)
Mindat Feature ID:4907830
Long-form Identifier:mindat:2:6:4907830:1
GUID:0
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Mindat.org localities near to this feature


LocalityLatitudeLongitudeDistanceBearing
Chatsworth Clay Shale Pit, Livingston County, Illinois, USA40° 45' 45" N88° 17' 35" W19.0km (11.8 miles)
Diller Pit (Diller Tile Company; Inc. Pit), Livingston County, Illinois, USA40° 45' 47" N88° 17' 39" W19.1km (11.9 miles)
Ashkum Quarry, Iroquois County, Illinois, USA40° 54' 20" N88° 4' 58" W33.6km (20.9 miles)
Fairbury (Fairbury Division Pontiac Stone; Fairbury Quarry), Livingston County, Illinois, USA40° 45' 3" N88° 33' 10" W34.7km (21.6 miles)
Rantoul City Engineering, Champaign County, Illinois, USA40° 18' 53" N88° 0' 0" W36.6km (22.7 miles)
Iroquis County Highway Department pit, Iroquois County, Illinois, USA40° 46' 36" N87° 43' 54" W42.2km (26.2 miles)
Watseka City Engineering Pit, Iroquois County, Illinois, USA40° 46' 36" N87° 43' 54" W42.2km (26.2 miles)
McDowell Quarry & Mill (Livingstone Stone Quarry), Livingston County, Illinois, USA40° 47' 48" N88° 37' 31" W42.5km (26.4 miles)
Western Stone Division Plant (Howard Arnold Construction Company), Livingston County, Illinois, USA40° 48' 10" N88° 37' 33" W42.9km (26.6 miles)
Weston Quarry (Ocoya Stone Company; Kridner Quarry & Mill; Western Stone Div. Pontiac Stone), Livingston County, Illinois, USA40° 47' 47" N88° 38' 16" W43.4km (27.0 miles)
McDowell Quarry (Chenoa Stone Quarry), Livingston County, Illinois, USA40° 46' 58" N88° 40' 59" W46.2km (28.7 miles)
Wagner Quarry, Livingston County, Illinois, USA40° 46' 58" N88° 41' 32" W46.9km (29.1 miles)
Livingston Highway Pit, Livingston County, Illinois, USA40° 52' 59" N88° 37' 59" W48.4km (30.1 miles)
Raube Quarry, Livingston County, Illinois, USA40° 54' 21" N88° 37' 33" W49.5km (30.8 miles)
Pontiac Portable Plant (I-55 Division Pontiac Stone), Livingston County, Illinois, USA40° 54' 32" N88° 38' 39" W50.9km (31.6 miles)
Champaign County Highway Department pit, Champaign County, Illinois, USA40° 6' 42" N88° 12' 6" W55.7km (34.6 miles)
Urbana City Engineering, Champaign County, Illinois, USA40° 6' 42" N88° 12' 6" W55.7km (34.6 miles)
Kankakee Pit, Kankakee County, Illinois, USA41° 5' 33" N87° 51' 6" W60.2km (37.4 miles)
Eastern Illinois Pit & Mill, Kankakee County, Illinois, USA41° 1' 21" N87° 42' 28" W60.6km (37.7 miles)
Kankakee Highway Pit No. 1, Kankakee County, Illinois, USA41° 7' 0" N87° 52' 0" W62.0km (38.5 miles)
Limestone Prospect (MRDS - 10193584), Livingston County, Illinois, USA40° 57' 55" N88° 45' 24" W62.2km (38.6 miles)
Northern Illinois Coal Company Clay Shale Pit 2, Kankakee County, Illinois, USA41° 11' 3" N88° 13' 3" W63.6km (39.5 miles)
Lake Bloomington spillway, McLean County, Illinois, USA40° 39' 47" N88° 56' 11" W63.8km (39.6 miles)
Lehigh East Quarry, Kankakee County, Illinois, USA41° 8' 9" N87° 49' 55" W65.3km (40.5 miles)
Harmattan Mine Shale Exposure, Vermilion County, Illinois, USA40° 8' 15" N87° 43' 9" W65.9km (40.9 miles)
Valley View Shale Quarry (Valley View Shale Pit), Livingston County, Illinois, USA40° 59' 45" N88° 46' 50" W65.9km (40.9 miles)
Mazonia-Braidwood State Fish and Wildlife Area, Grundy County, Illinois, USA41° 12' 54" N88° 16' 11" W67.4km (41.9 miles)
Rock Creek, Bourbonnais, Kankakee County, Illinois, USA41° 12' 11" N87° 59' 9" W67.7km (42.1 miles)
Sphalerite and Galena Occurrence Z84 Occurrence, Newton County, Indiana, USA40° 45' 39" N87° 23' 30" W68.8km (42.7 miles)
Normal City Pit, McLean County, Illinois, USA40° 30' 29" N88° 59' 12" W68.8km (42.8 miles)

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

RegionType
North AmericaContinent
North America PlateTectonic Plate
Illinois Basin, North America PlateBasin
Mazatzal Domain, North America PlateDomain
Mazatzal Terrane, North America PlateVolcanic Arc
USACountry
Illinois, USAState
Ford County, Illinois, USAAutonomous County
 
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