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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.

Idlewild within Tulare County

Then and now

1936 to 1986

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Idlewild, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Idlewild, surveyed 1936

Compare 1936 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Idlewild 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.

YearPeople Change
201043
202032-11 (-26%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

62 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural9
Debris and open burning7
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism3
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSequoia National ForestSUGAR
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSequoia National ForestRABBIT
2 September 2014Recreation and ceremony14 acresTulare UnitPOSEY 3
2 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSequoia National ForestKEEP
11 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSequoia National ForestCAPINERO
10 September 1998Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresTulare UnitCHRISTIAN
8 August 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSequoia National ForestGUERNSEY
7 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTulare UnitFLAT 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Big Four No. 1UraniumUnknown
White River ClaimsMolybdenum, Copper, SilverOccurrenceMolybdenite
White River ProspectMolybdenum, Copper, SilverOccurrenceVein
Anita MayTungstenOccurrenceScheelite
Anita MayTungstenProspect
TungstoreTungstenPast ProducerScheelite
Tungstore MineTungstenPast Producer1929, 1932
WibleTungstenPast Producer
WibleTungstenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Tulare County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Posey0.7 miles22
Balance Rock1.1 miles22
Pleasant View1.7 miles22
Poso Park2.0 miles22
Sugarloaf Village2.3 miles22
Panorama Heights2.3 miles22
Sugarloaf Saw Mill3.3 miles22
Guernsey Mill3.4 miles22

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 IdlewildAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5989166The 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.