Adams Crossroads, Delaware
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Bridgeville-Greenwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19950. It stands on Double Fork Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hickman quadrangle. It stands 36 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1918 USGS Harrington quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Harrington quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Hickman quadrangle1:24000, 2 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 Hickman quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
21 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Adams Crossroads between 2005 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | LINE RD. |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.6 acres | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | HRYNKO ROAD |
| 6 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Adams Crossroads: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smithville Bank | Iron | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodenhawk | 0.7 miles | 19 | |
| Scotts Corner | 2.1 miles | 19 | |
| Blanchard | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Jacobs Crossroads | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Dublin Hill | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| Cocked Hat | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| Greenwood | 5.9 miles | 19 | |
| Deer Creek | 5.9 miles | 19 |
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 Adams Crossroads | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4680336 | 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 216014. 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.










