Idlewild, California
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Springville-Johnsondale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93260. It stands on Peel Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Posey quadrangle. 32 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,766 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1936 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 50 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1936 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresIdlewild fell from 43 to 32 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 43 | |
| 2020 | 32 | -11 (-26%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1936 USGS Tobias Peak quadrangle1:125000
- 1943 USGS Tobias Peak quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Tobias Peak quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS California Hot Springs quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Isabella Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Posey quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
62 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Idlewild between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,233 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 3 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sequoia National Forest | SUGAR |
| 3 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sequoia National Forest | RABBIT |
| 2 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 14 acres | Tulare Unit | POSEY 3 |
| 2 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sequoia National Forest | KEEP |
| 11 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sequoia National Forest | CAPINERO |
| 10 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Tulare Unit | CHRISTIAN |
| 8 August 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Sequoia National Forest | GUERNSEY |
| 7 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tulare Unit | FLAT 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Idlewild: 4 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Molybdenum, Copper, Silver, Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Four No. 1 | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| White River Claims | Molybdenum, Copper, Silver | Occurrence | Molybdenite | |
| White River Prospect | Molybdenum, Copper, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Anita May | Tungsten | Occurrence | Scheelite | |
| Anita May | Tungsten | Prospect | ||
| Tungstore | Tungsten | Past Producer | Scheelite | |
| Tungstore Mine | Tungsten | Past Producer | 1929, 1932 | |
| Wible | Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Wible | Tungsten | Past Producer |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Posey | 0.7 miles | 22 | |
| Balance Rock | 1.1 miles | 22 | |
| Pleasant View | 1.7 miles | 22 | |
| Poso Park | 2.0 miles | 22 | |
| Sugarloaf Village | 2.3 miles | 22 | |
| Panorama Heights | 2.3 miles | 22 | |
| Sugarloaf Saw Mill | 3.3 miles | 22 | |
| Guernsey Mill | 3.4 miles | 22 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Idlewild | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5989166 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660785. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.











