Abbotts Mill, Delaware

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Milford South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19963. It stands on Tantrough Branch. The Survey maps it on the Milford quadrangle.

Abbotts Mill within Sussex County

On record in Abbotts Mill

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 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Abbott's Milllisted 1972 · 0.0 miles away
Abbott's Mill (Boundary Increase)listed 1979 · 0.0 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 21 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.

1918 USGS Cedar Creek quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1919 USGS Cedar Creek quadrangle1:62500
1938 USGS Cedar Creek quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1944 USGS Cedar Creek quadrangle1:62500
1946 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1947 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
1948 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Milford quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Seaford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1993 USGS Milford quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

10 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Abbotts Mill between 2002 and 2016, burning about 38 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Debris and open burning	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Smoking	1
Natural	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
9 September 2002	Natural	under an acre	Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
5 September 2016	Smoking	1.0 acres	Delaware Forest Service	FLEATOWN
10 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
20 August 2002	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
13 June 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	30 acres	Delaware Forest Service	FLEA FIRE
2 May 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
9 April 2012	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Delaware Forest Service	not named
6 April 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Delaware Forest Service	WHEAT FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sussex County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Abbotts Mill: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Barber Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Barber Sand and Gravel Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Porter Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Porter Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Sussex 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
Freeman Corner	1.0 miles	21
Shawnee	1.1 miles	21
Stanley Manor	1.5 miles	21
Farm View Park	1.7 miles	21
The Heath	1.7 miles	21
Wisseman Acres	1.7 miles	21
Lakewood	1.9 miles	21
Webb Manor	1.9 miles	21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 216891. 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.