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Donovan Development, Delaware

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Lewes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19958. It stands on Ebenezer Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lewes quadrangle.

Donovan Development within Sussex County

On record in Donovan Development

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 6 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 27 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

9 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Donovan Development between 1992 and 2016, burning about 66 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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/incendiarism7
Debris and open burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
5 July 1997Arson/incendiarism15 acresPrime Hook National Wildlife RefugeUNITIINO4
13 May 2001Arson/incendiarism10 acresPrime Hook National Wildlife RefugeFIELD 2 03
11 May 1992Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresPrime Hook National Wildlife RefugeUNIT2-9202
20 April 2016Debris and open burning16 acresDelaware Forest ServiceCOASTAL
11 April 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresPrime Hook National Wildlife RefugeUNIT2-9201
27 March 1995Arson/incendiarism14 acresPrime Hook National Wildlife RefugeUNIT II
16 March 1997Arson/incendiarism4.5 acresPrime Hook National Wildlife RefugeUNITIINO3
16 March 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresPrime Hook National Wildlife RefugeUNITIINO2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sussex County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Donovan Development: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Magnesite. 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
BarcroftMagnesiteProducer1972
Lewes PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Lewes0.8 miles27
Highland Acres0.9 miles27
Murrays Corner1.1 miles27
Shaffer Property1.2 miles27
Covey Creek1.2 miles27
Savannah Place1.3 miles27
Quakers Heights1.3 miles27
Quakertown1.3 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 216560. 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.