Lists, Databases, and Publications

Association of Illinois Museums and Historical Societies (AIMHS) (1993-1994). Historical and cultural agencies and museums in Illinois.

Bannon-Nilles, P.L., Ousley, J.R., Krick, M., and Raymond, L. (October 1999). A directory of Illinois libraries: Historical resources for environmental site assessments.

Illinois State Geological Survey Open File Series 1999-8.

City Directories (from local libraries, various communities, authors and dates).

Erdmann, A.L., Bauer, R.A., Bannon, P.L., and Schneider, N.P. (1996).

A manual for conducting preliminary environmental site assessments for Illinois Department of Transportation highway projects.

Illinois State Geological Survey Open File Series 1996-5.

Illinois Department of Natural Resources (1997). Landfill sites of Illinois (GIS dataset).

Illinois Department of Transportation. Illinois airport directory 2006 inventory: http://www.dot.state.il.us/aero/2006inventory.html

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Bureau of Land. Inventory database.

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Bureau of Land. Former manufactured gas sites list. December 22, 1997 and January 10, 2001.

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Bureau of Land. Site remediation program sites database Web site: http://epadata.epa.state.il.us/land/srp/

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Bureau of Land (January 1, 2003). State underground injection control inventory, 1984-January 2003.

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Bureau of Water, Division of Public Water Supplies, Groundwater Quality Protection Program. Hazard review report.

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Bureau of Water, Division of Public Water Supplies (April 2003). Restricted Status List-Public Water Supplies.

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Bureau of Water, Division of Public Water Supplies, Groundwater Quality Protection Program. Well site survey report.

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Bureau of Water (July 2002). Illinois water quality report 2002. IEPA/BOW/00-005.

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. Leaking underground storage tank (LUST) database Web site: http://epadata.epa.state.il.us/land/ust/

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Chemical Safety. Incident database, 1972-March 15, 2004.

Illinois State Geological Survey (1997). Areas mined for coal in Illinois (parts 1 and 2) (GIS dataset).

Illinois State Geological Survey (1994). Bedrock topography of Illinois (GIS dataset). Illinois State Geological Survey. Directory of coal mines.

Illinois State Geological Survey (published 1996). Geologic map of Illinois digitized from Willman, et al. geologic map of Illinois, 1967 (GIS dataset).

Illinois State Geological Survey (1994). Glacial drift in Illinois: thickness and character (GIS dataset).

Illinois State Geological Survey (1996). Non-coal underground mines of Illinois (GIS dataset).

Illinois State Geological Survey (1995). Stack-unit mapping of geologic materials in Illinois to a depth of 15 meters (GIS dataset). Illinois State Geological Survey and The Ultimate Software Consultants (TUSC). QUESTOR database.

Illinois State Museum (1992). Historical hazardous substance database.

Illinois State Water Survey (March 2000). Public water supply surface water intakes in Illinois (GIS dataset).

Manufacturers' News, Inc. (1941-2001). Illinois manufacturers directories.

Manufacturers' News, Inc. (1980-2001). Illinois services directories.

National Response Center. National response center database, 1987-2002.

Nawrot, J.R., et al. (June 1982). Illinois state reclamation plan for abandoned mined lands. Abandoned Mined Lands Reclamation Council with Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory.

Office of the State Fire Marshal. Underground storage tank (UST) list.

Shineldecker, C.L. (1992). Handbook of environmental contaminants: A guide for site assessment. Lewis Publishers, Inc., Chelsea, MI.

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service soil database (2001). Hydric soils list.

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service soil database (1986). Prime farmland soils list.

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. County, Soil data (GIS dataset). Or U.S. Department of Agriculture (date). Soil survey of County, Illinois, University of Illinois College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, in cooperation with the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Biennial reporting system (BRS) database, 1989-1997.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (July 1999). Civil docket (DOCKET) database.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Illinois Brownfields pilot sites Web site: http://www.epa.gov/swerosps/bf/reg5.htm#il

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water (February 1998). National summary of sole source aquifer designations.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (compiled January 2002). Resource conservation and recovery information system (RCRIS) database.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (CERCLIS) database. Web sites: http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/srchsites.cfm (CERCLIS and NPL sites), and http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/arcsites/srchsites.cfm (Archived sites).

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Toxics release inventory, 1987-2000, updated on March 31, 2002.U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, and Illinois Natural History Survey (1996). Illinois wetlands inventory (GIS dataset).

For USGS-IEPA SWAP Viewer, use: U.S. Geological Survey and Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. Source Water Assessment Program (SWAP) ArcIMS Mapping Tool (Password-protected Web site URL: http://kleene.er.usgs.gov/arcims/swap/intro.htm ).

For USGS-IEPA SWAP Fact Sheets, use: U.S. Geological Survey and Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. Source Water Assessment Program for Illinois (Password-protected Web site URL: http://il.water.usgs.gov/factsheets/)

Warren, J.L., et al. (compiled January 2000). Generation and management of hazardous waste in Illinois during 1986.

Waste Management and Research Center, HWRIC RR-059. June 1992.

Waste Management and Research Center (1989). On-site special waste sites (GIS dataset).

Waste Management and Research Center (1989). Special waste handlers (GIS dataset).Waste Management and Research Center. Special waste sites. 1989.

Waste Management and Research Center (1989). Surface impoundment areas (GIS dataset).

Maps

Berg, R.C., Kempton, J.P., and Cartwright, K. (1984). Potential for contamination of shallow aquifers from land burial of municipal wastes (1:500,000). Illinois State Geological Survey.

Chadwyck-Healey Inc. Sanborn fire insurance city maps.

Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Flood Insurance Program (1996). Flood data (GIS dataset). Or Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Flood Insurance Program. Flood insurance rate map (FIRM). City or Unincorporated area panel #, County, Illinois.

Fehrenbacher, J.B., Jansen, I.J., and Olson, K.R. (1986). Total loess thickness in Illinois [map], in Loess thickness and its effect on soils of Illinois. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station in cooperation with Natural Resources Conservation Service, Bulletin 782.

Illinois State Geological Survey, Works Progress Administration. Mined-out area maps.

Keefer, D.A. and Berg, R.C. (1990). Potential for aquifer recharge in Illinois (1:1,000,000). Illinois State Geological Survey. Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission (1976). Stack-unit map. County.

Rockford Map Publishers. County Plat maps. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. Draft soil maps. County.

U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Hazards Program, National Seismic Hazard Map, Central and Eastern US. Peak Acceleration (%g) with 2% Probability of Exceedance in 50 Years (Oct. 2002).

U.S. Geological Survey. Topographic map, 1:24,000 (7.5-minute) series: Quadrangle.

University Publications of America. Sanborn fire insurance city maps.

Weibel, C.P. and Panno, S.V. (1997). Karst terrains and carbonate rocks of Illinois [map], in Karst regions of Illinois. Illinois State Geological Survey Open File Series 1997-2.

Willman, H.B. and Lineback, J.A. (1971). Surficial geology of the Chicago region [map], in Summary of the geology of the Chicago area. Illinois State Geological Survey. Circular 460.

Aerial Photographs

(various sources used depending on project location and availability)

Other

All personal contacts, written or oral (IDOT, IEPA, OSFM, ICC, IEMA, site interviews, etc.).

Fuhrig, F. (compiled January 2001). "Area once had its share of gasworks". The State-Journal Register. Springfield, Illinois. February 9, 1998.

Illinois State Geological Survey. Field notes.

Illinois State Geological Survey. Mine notes. Illinois State Geological Survey. Well logs.