Findings of Fact, Site Location, and Information on Carmi AFS, based on information provided by US Army Corps of Engineers Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS) document E05IL0051 of 1991

Site Location

App 2 miles east of Carmi, White County, IL, southwest of the intersection of McHenry Road and County road.

Site History and Findings of Fact

Prior to 1955, the site was used as farmland. The 12.5-acre site was conveyed to the United States by Warranty Deed, dated 19 March 1955, and to be under the control of the U. S. Air Force. The Air Force used the site for a manned aircraft warning station. The Air Force built 19 structures on the site. Fourteen of the original buildings remain on the site and are in good condition. The four buildings or structures removed are: gate house, hard stand, Mo-Gas storage and pump, radar tower.

On 5 September 1958, the Air Force declared the 12.5-acre site excess and transferred it, along with all buildings and personal property located on the site at the time of transfer.

GSA conveyed the site to Wayne Industries, Inc. by Quitclaim Deed dated 1 December 1958, which included all buildings and personal property located on the site. GSA took back a Purchase Money Mortgage from the Grantee effective 10 October 1958. A perpetual easement for ingress and egress to maintain and operate power lines and other utility services was maintained by the Government. In March of 1959 Wayne Industries, Inc. was declared in default on the mortgage note and subsequently foreclosure proceeding followed.

On 22 January 1960, GSA transferred the site, by Assignment of Purchase Money Order, to Carmi Industrial Sites Corporation, then known as Carmi Industrial Association. They were still the owners of the property at the time of the 1991 FUDS report, and they rented out the structures for warehouse storage, auto repair garages, and a machine shop. The northern portion of the property was being rented for agricultural purposes.

Site Map

A Site Location Map, and a Site Map showing building numbers and locations, were included in the report.