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Idylside, Illinois

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Joliet Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60436. The Survey maps it on the Joliet quadrangle.

Idylside within Will County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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.

In the county-history sources

16,216 words on this township

The History of Will County, Illinois, Containing a History of the County ... a Directory of Its Real Estate Owners; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; General and Local Statistics ... History of Illinois ... History of the Northwest .., published 1878 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Joliet Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Joliet Township - 16,216 words.

Fires near this place

2 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Idylside between 2008 and 2018, burning about 32 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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
Debris and open burning1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
15 August 2008Debris and open burning6.5 acresMidewin National Tall Grass PrairieMILLSDALE FIRE
20 March 2018Railroad operations and maintenance25 acresMidewin National Tall Grass PrairieDRUMMOND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Will County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Idylside: 10 past producers, 3 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Magnesite. 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
U S Refactories Div. MillMagnesiteProducer
Joliet Phos-Acid PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesPlant
Joliet Phosphoric Acid PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
Gross & Mc Cowan Lumber Co. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Inland Crushed Stone Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Joliet Quarry & Mill Yard 340Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Lincoln Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Will County

Storms near this place

7 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Idylside in 7 storm reports between 2009 and 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2009LightningIdylside$50,000Lightning struck a four unit condominium near Buell and Midland Avenues and started a fire in the attic.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindIdylside$5,000A one foot diameter tree limb was blown down on a garage roof near Jefferson Street and Larkin Avenue causing damage.
January 2026FloodIdylside-Video shared on social media showed street flooding in multiple locations in Joliet. Rainfall reports included 2.92 inches in Rockdale and 2.77 inches near Lockport.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindIdylside-Dozens of large trees were blown down across Joliet including in downtown. There was wind damage to multiple roofs, including much of a roof lifted and thrown from a downtown building. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. Near Larkin Avenue and Jefferson Street, widespread tree damage was reported including trees two feet in diameter, blocking multiple streets. Power lines were blown down along Black Road at Ann Street and Larkin Avenue. The entire damage area was most likely due to a series of downbursts given the large footprint. Wind gusts were estimated between 75 mph and 95 mph.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindIdylside-Sporadic tree limbs 6 to 12 inches in diameter were blown down along McDonough Street.
February 2024HailIdylside-no account filed
August 2014HailIdylside-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Will 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
Rockdale1.0 miles23
Fairway Estates1.4 miles23
Sayles Manor1.6 miles23
Old Kent1.8 miles23
Northfield1.8 miles23
Larkins Pointe1.9 miles23
Springwood South2.1 miles23
Joliet2.2 miles23

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.

Wikidata item Q122541474The 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 410750. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.