BlockAugustine, Delaware
35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Brandywine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19806. It stands on Alapocas Run. The Survey maps it on the Wilmington North quadrangle. It stands 197 feet above sea level.
On record in Augustine
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 12 of 25 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Augustine Paper Milllisted 1978 · 0.2 miles away
Liston Range Front Lighthouselisted 2004 · 0.4 miles away
Delaware Academy of Medicinelisted 2003 · 0.4 miles away
Continental Army Encampment Sitelisted 1973 · 0.4 miles away
Brandywine Park and Kentmere Parkway (Boundary Increase)listed 1981 · 0.5 miles away
Water Witch Steam Fire Engine Company No. 5listed 2011 · 0.6 miles away
Bancroft and Sons Cotton Millslisted 1984 · 0.6 miles away
Logan Houselisted 1980 · 0.6 miles away
Frank E. Schoonover Studioslisted 1979 · 0.6 miles away
Howard Pyle Studioslisted 1978 · 0.6 miles away
Delaware Avenue Historic District (Boundary Increase)listed 1987 · 0.7 miles away
Delaware Avenue Historic Districtlisted 1976 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 35 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.
- 1901 USGS West Chester quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS West Chester quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1943 USGS West Chester quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Wilmington North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1967 USGS Wilmington North quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1972 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Wilmington North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Wilmington North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Augustine in 2004, burning about 1 acre in total. None 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 November 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 10 November 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Augustine: 3 plants, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Titanium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Titanium, Pigment. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Minerals/ Wilmington, De. | Chromium | Past Producer | ||
| Edgemoor Plant Ti | Titanium, Pigment | Plant | 1956 | |
| Wilmington Plant Dupont | Titanium | Plant | ||
| Wilmington Plantozark-Mahoning | Fluorine-Fluorite | Plant |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Augustine Hills | 0.2 miles | 35 | |
| Kentmere | 0.4 miles | 35 | |
| Alapocas | 0.6 miles | 35 | |
| Rock Manor | 0.6 miles | 35 | |
| Concord | 0.6 miles | 35 | |
| Blue Ball | 1.0 miles | 35 | |
| Wawaset Park | 1.2 miles | 35 | |
| Wilmington | 1.3 miles | 33 |
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 Q4821147 | 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 217145. 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.