BlockCollins Park, Delaware
33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the New Castle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19720. The Survey maps it on the Wilmington South quadrangle.
On record in Collins Park
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.
Swanwycklisted 1977 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 33 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.
- 1904 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1919 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Wilmington South 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 Wilmington South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1972 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Wilmington South quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Wilmington South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Collins Park between 1998 and 2017, burning about 52 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 April 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | New Jersey Forest Fire Service | not named |
| 18 December 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | New Jersey Forest Fire Service | not named |
| 20 November 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 16 November 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | New Jersey Forest Fire Service | not named |
| 11 November 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | New Jersey Forest Fire Service | not named |
| 10 November 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Collins Park: 6 past producers, 3 plants, 2 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Aluminum, Chromium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Minerals/ Wilmington, De. | Chromium | Past Producer | ||
| New Castle Plant C-E Minerals | Aluminum | Plant | ||
| Wilmington Plant Dupont | Titanium | Plant | ||
| Wilmington Plantozark-Mahoning | Fluorine-Fluorite | Plant | ||
| Delaware Brick Co. Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Delaware Brick Co. Pit and Mill | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Clemente Sand Wash | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Constructors Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Delaware Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Delaware Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Collins Park in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins Park | - | Pictures sent in of large power poles down near Wilmington. Time estimated from radar. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins Park | - | Several reports of trees and wires down near Chelsea Manor Park. Time estimated from radar. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Collins Park | - | Several roads were impassable and flooded in new Castle. These included US 13 and 40 along with Airport and Church roads. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buttonwood | 0.2 miles | 33 | |
| Castle Hills | 0.4 miles | 33 | |
| Riveredge Park | 0.5 miles | 33 | |
| Swanwyck | 0.6 miles | 33 | |
| Swanwyck Estates | 0.6 miles | 33 | |
| Swanwyck Gardens | 0.8 miles | 33 | |
| Landers Park | 0.8 miles | 33 | |
| Rogers Manor | 0.9 miles | 33 |
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 Collins Park | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5147395 | 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 213817. 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.