City guide · McDonough County

What you should know before buying in Macomb

Macomb is in McDonough County, Illinois, with around 14,849 residents, near Monmouth, Beardstown, and Canton. Type any address and we pull together what the public record says about that exact block, then lay it out for you: the noise, the contamination, the flood risk, the schools, the crime, and dozens more things a listing photo leaves out.

Population
14,849
County
McDonough
Signals checked
57
Macomb, IL

What's on the public record in Macomb

Counting only active, listed sites, here is what the public record shows across Macomb. These are city-wide totals. Whether any of them sit near the home you are considering, and how close, depends on the exact address.

  • 12 Contamination cleanup sites
  • 13 Active fuel tanks
  • 14 Brownfield sites
  • 3 Toxic-release facilities

Run a Macomb address to see which of these are near it, how close, and what else surrounds the block. See a sample report.

57 things we check on every block

One search runs all of them. Here's some of what turns up in a Macomb report.

Noise

  • Freight & passenger rail
  • Road traffic noise
  • Aviation noise
  • Subway & transit rumble
  • Outdoor gun ranges
  • Military & artillery ranges

Air quality

  • Regulatory air monitors
  • Industrial emissions
  • Permitted air emitters

Soil & groundwater

  • Superfund sites
  • Brownfields
  • State cleanup sites
  • Underground storage tanks
  • Former gas stations
  • Dry cleaners

Water quality

  • Impaired surface water
  • Permitted dischargers

Flood & climate

  • FEMA flood zone
  • Storm & tornado history
  • Federal disaster declarations
  • Wildfire hazard
  • Wildfire history

Geology

  • Radon zones

Power & EMF

  • High-voltage transmission lines
  • Cell towers
  • Power plants

Pipelines & extraction

  • Natural gas pipelines
  • Hazardous liquid pipelines

Industrial proximity

  • Factories & manufacturers
  • Landfills
  • Waste transfer stations
  • Wind turbines
  • Solar farms
  • Junkyards & scrap
  • Data centers

Development constraints

  • Protected areas
  • Conservation easements
  • Critical habitat

Transportation

  • Transit access
  • Freight terminals

Parks & recreation

  • Parks & green space
  • Playgrounds
  • Recreation & sports
  • Trails & greenways
  • Water access

Crime & safety

  • Violent crime rate
  • Property crime rate
  • Nuisance reports (311)
  • Sex offender registry

Emergency services

  • Hospitals & trauma centers

Schools

  • Assigned attendance zone
  • School ratings
  • Private & charter schools
  • District boundaries
  • Colleges & universities

Connectivity

  • High-speed internet
  • Cell signal

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