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Idlewild, Michigan

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Pleasant Plains Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49304. The Survey maps it on the Baldwin quadrangle. It stands 853 feet above sea level.

Idlewild within Lake County

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

240 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 240 fires within 5 miles of Idlewild between 1992 and 2020, burning about 292 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 20 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
Debris and open burning93
Missing data/not specified/undetermined48
Power generation/transmission/distribution27
Arson/incendiarism20
Recreation and ceremony19
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Fireworks5
Smoking4
Other causes2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
6 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestTIMBER STAND IMPROVE
6 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestBARSKI
4 September 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution1.5 acresHuron-Manistee National ForestBLOOD CREEK
3 September 1996Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestDIAL-A-RIDE
2 September 1996Debris and open burning2.0 acresHuron-Manistee National ForestHAIRCUT
17 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 September 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestASTER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Idlewild: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Northern Cement Co Clay PitClayPast Producer
Lake County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Webber Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Lake County

Storms near this place

3 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Idlewild in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
May 2020Thunderstorm WindIdlewild$10,000Several tree limbs were blown down in Yates township.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindIdlewild-Winds estimated at 60 to 70 mph blew down 50 to 60 trees, some of which blocked area roads. Three quarters of Lake county was reported to be without power after the storms.
May 1997HailIdlewild-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lake 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
Marlborough2.6 miles15
Baldwin2.8 miles16
Nirvana4.9 miles13
Wolf Lake8.5 miles14
Chase8.8 miles13
Pine Grove Beach9.6 miles15
Olivers11.7 miles13
Peacock11.9 miles14

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 Q5989159The 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 1620289. 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.