BlockIdlewild, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hebron census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41080. The Survey maps it on the Lawrenceburg quadrangle. It stands 663 feet above sea level.
On record in Idlewild
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.
Botts Houselisted 1989 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1915 USGS Lawrenceburg quadrangle1:48000
- 1928 USGS Lawrenceburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1932 USGS Lawrenceburg quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Lawrenceburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Lawrenceburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Idlewild: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D & M Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Petersburg Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Idlewild in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Idlewild | $50,000 | The tornado first touched down near a home on Stevens Road in northern Boone County, northwest of Idlewild, causing minor roof damage to the home and damaging trees on the property. About a mile downstream, the tornado struck a barn, removing the roof and collapsing the walls. Numerous trees were also uprooted in the vicinity of the barn. Roofing material was lifted and deposited a considerable distance downstream, with roofing material lying along I-275 almost a half of a mile downstream of the barn. The tornado continued east along I-275 causing sporadic but minor tree damage. Another barn was damaged with partial roof removal on the south side of I-275. Some of this material was carried across I-275 and deposited about a half mile downstream on a nearby golf course. The tornado appears to have lifted in the vicinity of I-275, about a mile west of Exit 8.||There were some gaps in the damage path, indicating the tornado was not in complete and constant contact with the ground. The vast majority of the tree damage indicated wind speeds between 60 and 75 mph, though indications of wind speeds around 90 mph were present with the heavily damaged barn on the south side of I-275. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Idlewild | $12,000 | Numerous large trees were either uprooted or downed through the Traditions Golf Club near Hebron. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bullittsville | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| Bullittsburg (historical) | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| Petersburg | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Francisville | 4.2 miles | 20 | |
| Commissary Corner | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Hebron | 5.0 miles | 20 | |
| Burlington | 5.1 miles | 20 | |
| Taylorsport | 5.6 miles | 20 |
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 Q5989156 | 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 508308. 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.
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.