BlockBowdens Garage, Delaware
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Georgetown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19947. It stands on Black Savannah Ditch. The Survey maps it on the Harbeson quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
On record in Bowdens Garage
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 15 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Dr. John W. Messick House and Officelisted 1987 · 0.5 miles away
Sussex County Courthouse and the Circlelisted 1973 · 0.7 miles away
Joseph T. Adams Houselisted 1998 · 0.7 miles away
Richards Mansionlisted 1979 · 0.8 miles away
Thomas Sipple Houselisted 1985 · 0.8 miles away
Brick Hotellisted 1979 · 0.9 miles away
Old Sussex County Courthouselisted 1971 · 0.9 miles away
Peter S. Faucett Houselisted 1985 · 0.9 miles away
Judge's House and Law Officelisted 1979 · 0.9 miles away
Gardiner Wright Mansionlisted 1979 · 1.0 miles away- Richard Allen Schoollisted 2019 · 0.6 miles away
- Prospect A.M.E. Churchlisted 2023 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 22 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.
- 1917 USGS Millsboro quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Millsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Harbeson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Millsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Harbeson quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Seaford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Harbeson quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
30 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Bowdens Garage (historical) between 2002 and 2020, burning about 103 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 2013 | Smoking | under an acre | Delaware Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2015 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Delaware Forest Service | SMOKE FIRE |
| 3 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Delaware Forest Service | DEEP FIRE |
| 28 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Delaware Forest Service | WALMART FIRE |
| 6 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 31 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Delaware Forest Service | SNAG FIRE |
| 20 August 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Delaware Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 2012 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Delaware Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenlea Acres | 0.0 miles | 22 | |
| Murrays Development | 0.4 miles | 19 | |
| Harlemtown | 0.5 miles | 19 | |
| Rogers Development | 0.6 miles | 22 | |
| Georgetown | 0.8 miles | 19 | |
| Highland Terrace | 1.0 miles | 19 | |
| Kings Second Addition | 1.2 miles | 19 | |
| Springfield Farms Addition | 1.2 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 217424. 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.