Claymont, 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 19703. It stands on South Branch Naaman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Marcus Hook quadrangle. 9,895 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 72 feet above sea level.
On record in Claymont
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 7 records
Archmerelisted 1992
Darley Houselisted 1973
Hickman Rowlisted 2006
Holly Oaklisted 2017
Ivyside Farmlisted 1982
Naaman's Creek Schoollisted 1990
Robinson Houselisted 1971
Population over time
2 figuresClaymont grew from 8,253 to 9,895 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8,253 | |
| 2020 | 9,895 | +1,642 (+20%) |
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
2 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Claymont between 2003 and 2006, burning about 471 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 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
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Claymont: 2 plants, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Titanium, Pigment, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgemoor Plant Ti | Titanium, Pigment | Plant | 1956 | |
| Phoenix Steel/ Claymont, De. | Iron | Plant | ||
| Winzinger Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Claymont in 9 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Claymont | 1 hurt | A tree fell onto a tent at a church festival. The tree struck and injured a musician playing inside the tent at the time. Time estimated from radar. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Claymont | $20,000 | Flash flooding was reported causing several road closures with vehicles stranded. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Claymont | - | Trees and wires down around Claymont. Time estimated from radar. |
| June 2023 | Flash Flood | Claymont | - | At least 20 vehicles were stranded in flood waters in Claymont. Some water rescues were required. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Claymont | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed multiple trees in Claymont. |
| February 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Claymont | - | Several reports of downed trees in the area. Time estimated from radar. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Claymont | - | Half dollar size hail fell from a severe thunderstorm in Brandywine Hundred. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Claymont | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped quarter size hail in Claymont (Brandywine Hundred). |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Claymont | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stockdale | 0.1 miles | 44 | |
| Claymont Village | 0.2 miles | 44 | |
| Claymont Terrace | 0.2 miles | 44 | |
| Bigger Tract | 0.2 miles | 44 | |
| Claymont Manor | 0.3 miles | 44 | |
| Greenshire | 0.4 miles | 44 | |
| Brookview | 0.4 miles | 44 | |
| Riverside Addition | 0.5 miles | 44 |
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 Claymont | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q755958 | 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 213804. 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.

















