Idlewood On The Lake, New York
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Sodus town. It lies in ZIP code area 14555. It stands on Salmon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Salmon Creek quadrangle.
Then and now
1902 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Idlewood On The Lake
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 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Preston-Gaylord Cobblestone Farmhouselisted 2009 · 0.7 miles away
LOTUS (schooner)listed 1990 · 1.0 miles away- Customs Houselisted 1980 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1902 USGS Pultneyville quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Salmon Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
146 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Idlewood On The Lake between 2000 and 2020, burning about 125 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 39 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 81 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 29 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Idlewood On The Lake: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salmon Creek | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Beckens Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Highway Dept Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sodus Point | 1.1 miles | 21 | |
| Wallington | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Sodus | 3.5 miles | 20 | |
| Lake Bluff | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| Sunset View | 4.0 miles | 23 | |
| Alton | 4.3 miles | 23 | |
| Sodus Center | 4.5 miles | 20 | |
| Bonni Castle | 4.6 miles | 23 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122542575 | 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 2494621. 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.





