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Fairfax, Delaware

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Brandywine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19803. It stands on Willow Run. The Survey maps it on the Wilmington North quadrangle.

Fairfax within New Castle County

On record in Fairfax

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

14 surveys from 35 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Fairfax: 3 plants, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Titanium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Titanium, Pigment. 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
American Minerals/ Wilmington, De.ChromiumPast Producer
Edgemoor Plant TiTitanium, PigmentPlant1956
Wilmington Plant DupontTitaniumPlant
Wilmington Plantozark-MahoningFluorine-FluoritePlant

Every working recorded in New Castle County

Storms near this place

2 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairfax in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2019: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2009Thunderstorm WindFairfax-A severe thunderstorm knocked down a few trees on Talley Road in Brandywine Hundred north of Interstate 95 and east of United States Route 202.
June 2019HailFairfax-no account filed

Every storm 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
Deerhurst0.2 miles35
Twin Oaks0.4 miles35
Fairfax Farms0.5 miles35
Delwoods0.6 miles35
Weldin Farms0.6 miles35
Blue Ball0.6 miles35
Blue Rock Manor0.7 miles35
Weldin Park0.7 miles35

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 213945. 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.

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.