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Crestfield, 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. The Survey maps it on the Marcus Hook quadrangle.

Crestfield within New Castle County

On record in Crestfield

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 surveys from 44 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.

Fires near this place

4 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Crestfield between 2002 and 2006, burning about 474 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/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 May 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresPennsylvania Division of Forest Fire Protectionnot named
2 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresPennsylvania Division of Forest Fire Protectionnot named
18 March 2006Misuse of fire by a minor1.2 acresPennsylvania Division of Forest Fire Protectionnot named
19 December 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined470 acresNew Jersey Forest Fire Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in New Castle County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Crestfield: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Phoenix Steel/ Claymont, De.IronPlant

Every working recorded in New Castle 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Kings Ridge0.1 miles44
Maplechase0.1 miles44
Munsee0.2 miles44
Naamans Manor0.2 miles35
Wynnewood0.2 miles35
Cedartree0.3 miles44
Ways Corner0.3 miles35
Northshire0.3 miles35

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 216000. 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.