BlockBroadkill Beach, Delaware
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Lewes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19968. It stands on Primehook Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lewes quadrangle. It stands 7 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 27 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 Cape Henlopen quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1937 USGS Cape Henlopen quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Cape Henlopen quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Lewes quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Lewes quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Lewes quadrangle1:25000
- 1984 USGS Lewes quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Seaford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Lewes quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Broadkill Beach between 1992 and 2001, burning about 55 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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/incendiarism | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 July 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge | UNITIINO4 |
| 13 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge | FIELD 2 03 |
| 11 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge | UNIT2-9202 |
| 11 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge | UNIT2-9201 |
| 27 March 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 14 acres | Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge | UNIT II |
| 18 March 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge | UNIT 29401 |
| 16 March 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.5 acres | Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge | UNITIINO3 |
| 16 March 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge | UNITIINO2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Broadkill Beach: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barcroft | Magnesite | Producer | 1972 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazzard Landing | 1.2 miles | 27 | |
| Oyster Rocks | 1.9 miles | 27 | |
| Wiltbank Landing | 2.0 miles | 27 | |
| Robertson Landing | 2.3 miles | 27 | |
| Foord Landing | 2.5 miles | 22 | |
| Primehook Beach | 2.5 miles | 27 | |
| Steamboat Landing | 2.6 miles | 27 | |
| Houston | 3.2 miles | 27 |
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 Broadkill Beach | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4972204 | 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 213713. 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.