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Idlewild, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Duck Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63960. The Survey maps it on the Sturdivant quadrangle.

Idlewild within Stoddard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 19 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

7 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Idlewild between 1998 and 2020, burning about 10 acres in total. 1 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 burning3
Natural1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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 August 2013Naturalunder an acreMingo National Wildlife RefugePIERMAN
8 April 2001Smokingunder an acreMingo National Wildlife RefugeBOARDWALK
7 March 2020Debris and open burning2.9 acresMissouri Department of Conservation210521-11115-03072020-1140
16 March 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178743-10399-03162019-1550
1 March 1998Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMingo National Wildlife RefugeFOXPOND
11 December 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179580-10399-12112019-1440
11 December 2019Debris and open burning3.3 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179583-10399-12112019-1515

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stoddard County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Idlewild: 4 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hawks + Houck LandIronOccurrence
Pico Iron MineIronPast Producer
Wilhelm LandIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Stoddard 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
Hickman1.1 miles11
Kinder1.6 miles19
Curdton3.7 miles11
Eaglette4.1 miles19
Leora4.6 miles19
Puxico4.7 miles12
Castorville (historical)5.3 miles11
Acorn Ridge6.7 miles11

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 Q28085977The 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 720071. 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.