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Idylwilde, Colorado

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Livermore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80512. It lies near Black Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Kinikinik quadrangle.

Idylwilde within Larimer County

On record in Idylwilde

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

70 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Idylwilde between 1992 and 2019, burning about 142 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 2 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
Natural34
Recreation and ceremony18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 1994Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandROARING CREEK
8 September 1998Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandPINGREE HILL
8 September 1998Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandPARROTT
8 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grasslandnot named
5 September 2000Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandELKHORN
4 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandZIMMERMAN
4 September 2001Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandKIM
27 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandROARING BONE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Larimer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Idylwilde: 18 occurrences, 7 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Uranium, REE. 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
Berghof LodeGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Big Mica Beryl ProspectMica, Silver, Lead, Gold, Nickel LateriteOccurrence1966
Cash MineGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincOccurrenceVein
Chaney-Sims Beryl MineFeldspar, Beryllium, MicaProducer
Chaney-Sims Beryl ProspectsBeryllium, Mica, FeldsparOccurrence1935
Chaney-Suns ProspectsBerylliumOccurrenceBeryl
Home DistrictGold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, REEOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Kelsey LakeGemstoneProducer1987, 1996
Little Bobby VeinGold, Copper, LeadOccurrenceVein
Manhattan DistrictGold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, UraniumPast Producer1941

Every working recorded in Larimer 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
Manhattan (historical)3.6 miles17
Glen Echo3.7 miles17
Rustic3.9 miles17
Kinikinik4.5 miles20
Goodell Corner4.6 miles17
Indian Meadows5.4 miles17
Spencer Heights7.1 miles19
Red Feather Lakes7.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 177100. 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.