BlockCocked Hat, Delaware
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Bridgeville-Greenwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19933. It stands on Bee Branch. The Survey maps it on the Greenwood quadrangle. It stands 49 feet above sea level.
On record in Cocked Hat
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Adams Home Farmlisted 2015 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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 Harrington quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Harrington quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Seaford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Cocked Hat between 2015 and 2020, burning about 6 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/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Delaware Forest Service | BLADES |
| 12 April 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Delaware Forest Service | CONCORD FIRE |
| 12 April 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Delaware Forest Service | CROP FIRE |
| 11 April 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Delaware Forest Service | MARSHYHOPE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newton Woods | 1.0 miles | 19 | |
| Bridgeville North | 1.2 miles | 19 | |
| Bridgeville | 1.7 miles | 19 | |
| Deer Creek | 2.0 miles | 19 | |
| Greenwood Gardens | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Bridgeville Manor | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Dublin Hill | 2.5 miles | 19 | |
| Greenwood | 3.0 miles | 19 |
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 Q5139568 | 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 216782. 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.