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Breezewood, Delaware

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Lewes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19971. It stands on Munchy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Fairmount quadrangle.

Breezewood within Sussex County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 31 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

5 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Breezewood between 1995 and 2020, burning about 34 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
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
20 April 2016Debris and open burning16 acresDelaware Forest ServiceCOASTAL
1 April 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePrime Hook National Wildlife RefugeUNIT II 00
25 March 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePrime Hook National Wildlife RefugeFIELD 203
25 December 2017Other causes16 acresDelaware Forest ServiceSLAUGHTER BEACH
19 November 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresDelaware Forest ServiceARROWHEAD FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sussex County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Breezewood: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Magnesite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
BarcroftMagnesiteProducer1972
Lewes PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sussex County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
The Landing0.4 miles31
Midway0.5 miles31
Beachfield0.5 miles31
Shady Grove0.6 miles31
Piney Glade0.6 miles31
Shady Ridge0.7 miles31
Truitts Midway Development0.8 miles31
Maplewood0.8 miles31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 216519. 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.