BlockBowen Landing, Delaware
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It lies in ZIP code area 19963. It stands on Deep Branch. The Survey maps it on the Milford quadrangle.
On record in Bowen Landing
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.
Milford Shipyard Area Historic Districtlisted 1983 · 0.9 miles away
Egglinton Halllisted 1983 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 21 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 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
9 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Bowen Landing between 2002 and 2015, burning about 37 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 August 2004 | Smoking | 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 |
| 18 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 16 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
| 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 |
| 12 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Delaware Forest Service | TOBERT FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bowen Landing: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porter Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Porter Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Street | 0.4 miles | 21 | |
| Milford | 1.1 miles | 21 | |
| South Milford (historical) | 1.2 miles | 21 | |
| Country Club Estates | 1.2 miles | 21 | |
| Shawnee Acres | 1.8 miles | 21 | |
| Eastman Heights | 2.1 miles | 21 | |
| Evergreen Acres | 2.3 miles | 21 | |
| Webb Manor | 2.3 miles | 21 |
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 Q122565246 | 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 216046. 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.