Fairfield, Delaware

38 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Newark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19711. It stands on Fairfield Run. The Survey maps it on the Newark West quadrangle. It stands 118 feet above sea level.

Fairfield within New Castle County

On record in Fairfield

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 10 records

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

Blue Hen Farmlisted 1983 · 0.2 miles away
Thomas Phillips Mill Complexlisted 1983 · 0.5 miles away
Bank of Newark Buildinglisted 1983 · 0.5 miles away
Bell Farmhouselisted 1983 · 0.6 miles away
Stuart Randall & Pricilla Kellogg Carswell Houselisted 2011 · 0.6 miles away
James Steel Houselisted 1983 · 0.8 miles away
Granite Mansionlisted 1983 · 0.9 miles away
Samuel Lindsey Houselisted 1983 · 0.9 miles away
Head of Christiana United Presbyterian Churchlisted 1983 · 0.9 miles away
Belmont Halllisted 1983 · 1.0 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 38 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.

1898 USGS Elkton quadrangle1:62500
1900 USGS Elkton quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
1917 USGS Elkton quadrangle1:62500
1942 USGS Elkton quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1946 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1953 USGS Newark West quadrangle1:24000, 6 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
1972 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1984 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1992 USGS Newark West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

33 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Fairfield between 2003 and 2020, burning about 21 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14
Arson/incendiarism	12
Debris and open burning	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Smoking	1
Other causes	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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 September 2014	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service	not named
12 September 2014	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service	not named
13 July 2015	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service	not named
23 June 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
23 June 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
24 May 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service	not named
21 May 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
19 April 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:

Every fire recorded in New Castle County

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 Fairfield: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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	Recorded
Chestnut Hill Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Elk Mills Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer	Metamorphic
Elk Mills Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Iron Hill Mine	Iron	Past Producer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Fairfield Crest	0.4 miles	38
Covered Bridge Farms	0.7 miles	38
Nottingham Green	0.8 miles	38
Nottingham Manor	0.8 miles	38
Cristine Manor	0.8 miles	38
Cherry Hill	1.0 miles	38
Top of the Wedge	1.0 miles	38
Nonatum Mills	1.0 miles	38

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.

Wikidata item Q28892125

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 217554. 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.