Concord Heights, Delaware

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Seaford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19973. It stands on Baker Mill Branch. The Survey maps it on the Seaford East quadrangle.

Concord Heights within Sussex County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1915 USGS Seaford quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1944 USGS Seaford quadrangle1:62500
1946 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1947 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
1948 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
1955 USGS Seaford East 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 Seaford East quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

5 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Concord Heights between 2015 and 2020, burning about 15 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
Smoking	1
Arson/incendiarism	1
Other causes	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
8 June 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Delaware Forest Service	RUTH FIRE
22 April 2016	Smoking	1.0 acres	Delaware Forest Service	BAKERMILL
22 April 2015	Other causes	under an acre	Delaware Forest Service	HOUSE FIRE
18 April 2016	Railroad operations and maintenance	7.0 acres	Delaware Forest Service	CONRAIL
22 November 2016	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Delaware Forest Service	HASTINGS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sussex County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Concord Heights: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Deep Creek Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Gravelly Delight Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Pine Creek Forge Mine	Iron	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Sussex County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Waterview Acres	0.9 miles	19
Ruth Harbor	0.9 miles	19
Concord	1.1 miles	19
Meadow Acres	1.4 miles	19
Old Furnace	1.6 miles	19
Fernwood	1.6 miles	19
Meadows	1.6 miles	19
Middleford	1.7 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 215426. 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.