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Idleyld Park, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the North Umpqua census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97443. It stands on Britt Creek. The Survey maps it on the Glide quadrangle. It stands 774 feet above sea level.

Idleyld Park within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

72 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Idleyld Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 544 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined17
Natural15
Equipment and vehicle use9
Arson/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Firearms and explosives use1

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
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined500 acresCentral UnitFRENCH CREEK
6 September 2019Naturalunder an acreRoseburg DistrictHILL CREEK
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreRoseburg DistrictKELLY CREEK
4 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRoseburg DistrictNARROWS 2
29 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCentral UnitNORTH UMPQUA
26 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral UnitTHUNDER MOUNTAIN # 2
22 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRoseburg District138 E MP 23
20 September 1992Power generation/transmission/distribution2.5 acresDouglas Forest Protective AssociationHOGBACK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Idleyld Park: 6 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Chromium. 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
Livingston ProspectChromiumOccurrence
Mowich Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mowich Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
HolmsStonePast Producer
Holms PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
WeyerhauserStonePast Producer
Weyerhauser PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Hoaglin (historical)1.1 miles17
North Umpqua Village4.1 miles11
Glide4.4 miles17
Peel4.5 miles17
Rockland (historical)4.6 miles17
Hawthorne9.6 miles16
Oak Creek (historical)10.5 miles16
Fair Oaks11.9 miles16

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 Idleyld ParkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5989194The 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 1122184. 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.