Idlewild, Nevada

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Gabbs census division. It lies in Idlewild Canyon. The Survey maps it on the South Shoshone Peak quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Idlewild within Nye County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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.

1955 USGS Millett quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS South Shoshone Peak quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1959 USGS Millett quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Smith Creek Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1988 USGS South Shoshone Peak quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

4 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Idlewild (historical) between 2001 and 2006, burning about 2 acres in total. 4 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
Natural	4

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
31 August 2001	Natural	1.0 acres	Battle Mountain District Office	MUD HOLE
7 July 2006	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	IDLEWILD
12 July 2002	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	SAND WASH
27 May 2003	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	LUCKY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nye County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Idlewild (historical): 10 past producers, 5 occurrences, 5 prospects, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Silver, Copper, Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Ione Mills	Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead	Past Producer
King Midas Mill	Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper	Past Producer
Sky Claims	Gold, Barium-Barite, Silver	Producer	Barite
Catherine Mine	Gold, Silver	Unknown
Unnamed Prospect #2	Gold, Silver	Occurrence	Surface/Underground
April View Prospect	Gold, Silver, Copper	Prospect
Hazel E Prospect	Uranium	Occurrence
Hazel E Prospect	Uranium	Unknown
Hugh Prospect	Silver, Copper	Prospect
Idle Wild Claims	Uranium	Occurrence	Vein

Every working recorded in Nye 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Midas (historical)	2.1 miles	12
Ione	4.6 miles	17
Shamrock (historical)	6.2 miles	17
Glen Hamilton (historical)	6.3 miles	17
Knickerbocker (historical)	6.7 miles	17
Reese River	7.8 miles	14
Ellsworth (historical)	7.8 miles	16
Duluth (historical)	8.3 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 848181. 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.