BlockBlackbird, Delaware
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Middletown-Odessa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19734. It stands on Barlow Branch. The Survey maps it on the Clayton quadrangle. It stands 46 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 30 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.
- 1899 USGS Dover quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1906 USGS Dover quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1920 USGS Dover quadrangle1:125000
- 1931 USGS Smyrna quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1946 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Clayton quadrangle1:24000, 3 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
- 1972 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Dover quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Clayton quadrangle1:24000
Storms near this place
5 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blackbird in 5 storm reports between 2006 and 2016: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Heavy Rain | Blackbird | - | Two and a half inches of rain fell due to thunderstorms. |
| August 2016 | Heavy Rain | Blackbird | - | Heavy rainfall over 2 inches fell from thunderstorms. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blackbird | - | A severe thunderstorm knocked down a couple of large tree limbs and wires in Blackbird Hundred. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Blackbird | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blackbird | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Point Breeze | 0.5 miles | 29 | |
| H and H Corner | 0.7 miles | 29 | |
| Forest | 1.0 miles | 30 | |
| Cedar Brae Farm | 1.3 miles | 30 | |
| Blackbird Landing | 1.8 miles | 29 | |
| Alisa Estates | 2.0 miles | 30 | |
| Townsend | 2.4 miles | 29 | |
| Pine Tree Corners | 2.5 miles | 29 |
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 Blackbird | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14685260 | 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 216038. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.