Carpenter, Delaware
44 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Brandywine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19810. It stands on South Branch Naaman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Marcus Hook quadrangle.
On record in Carpenter
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.
Ivyside Farmlisted 1982 · 0.7 miles away
Abner Cloud Houselisted 1992 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
18 surveys from 44 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.
- 1894 USGS Chester quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1896 USGS Chester quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Chester quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1901 USGS Camden quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1941 USGS Marcus Hook quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Camden quadrangle1:125000
- 1946 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Marcus Hook quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Marcus Hook quadrangle1:24000, 2 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
- 1967 USGS Marcus Hook quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1972 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Marcus Hook quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Marcus Hook quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Carpenter between 2002 and 2006, burning about 476 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 May 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Pennsylvania Division of Forest Fire Protection | not named |
| 2 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 acres | Pennsylvania Division of Forest Fire Protection | not named |
| 16 April 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.2 acres | Pennsylvania Division of Forest Fire Protection | not named |
| 18 March 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.2 acres | Pennsylvania Division of Forest Fire Protection | not named |
| 19 December 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 470 acres | New Jersey Forest Fire Service | not named |
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 Carpenter: 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Steel/ Claymont, De. | Iron | Plant |
Storms near this place
3 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carpenter in 3 storm reports between 2020 and 2025: 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2025 | Flash Flood | Carpenter | - | Flash flooding was reported in Claymont. Street flooding was reported along the Philadelphia Pike in both directions at Alcott Avenue. |
| February 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carpenter | - | A downed tree blocked Interstate 495 near the Pennsylvania State Line. Time estimated from radar. |
| August 2020 | Flash Flood | Carpenter | - | Interstate 95 was closed due to flooding at the Pennsylvania state line near Claymont. A section of Manor Avenue in Claymont was washed away by flood waters. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverview Gardens | 0.2 miles | 44 | |
| Greentree | 0.3 miles | 44 | |
| Woodacres | 0.3 miles | 44 | |
| Princeton Estates | 0.3 miles | 44 | |
| Valley Run | 0.3 miles | 44 | |
| Ramble Woods | 0.4 miles | 44 | |
| Longview Farms | 0.4 miles | 44 | |
| Woodstream Gardens | 0.4 miles | 44 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 213760. 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.
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.

















