Idlewild Historic District (Boundary Increase)

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

From the record

One of 4 National Register listings published here for Lake County · listed in 2010 · category: District.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Address. Bounded generally by US 10 on the N.; 72nd St. on the S.; Nelson Rd. on the E.; and extending W. of Forman Rd., Yates, 49304
When was it listed? August 2010
Category. district
Township. Webber township
National Register reference number. 09001062 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

257 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 257 fires within 5 miles of Idlewild Historic District (Boundary Increase) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 304 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 23 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 burning	99
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	47
Power generation/transmission/distribution	29
Arson/incendiarism	23
Recreation and ceremony	17
Equipment and vehicle use	14
Fireworks	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Smoking	6
Natural	5
Railroad operations and maintenance	3
Other causes	2

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

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
6 September 2013	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Huron-Manistee National Forest	TIMBER STAND IMPROVE
6 September 2013	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Huron-Manistee National Forest	BARSKI
21 September 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Huron-Manistee National Forest	DIAL-A-RIDE
17 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
12 September 2016	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Huron-Manistee National Forest	ASTER
10 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Huron-Manistee National Forest	SCHOOL
9 August 2001	Natural	under an acre	Huron-Manistee National Forest	ASTER RD
8 August 2004	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Huron-Manistee National Forest	LEISURE FIRE

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Idlewild Historic District (Boundary Increase): 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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
	Northern Cement Co Clay Pit	Clay	Past Producer
	Webber Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Lake County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

2 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph	Property	Distance	Listed
	Idlewild Historic District	3.2 miles	1979
	Marlborough Historic District	3.8 miles	1972

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 09001062 in Record Group 79.
Lake County	All 4 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
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.