BlockFenwick Estates, Delaware
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Selbyville-Frankford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19944. It lies near Fenwick Island. The Survey maps it on the Assawoman Bay quadrangle.
On record in Fenwick Estates
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Fenwick Island Lighthouse Stationlisted 1979 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 27 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1901 USGS Ocean City quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Ocean City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Assawoman Bay quadrangle1:31680
- 1946 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Assawoman Bay quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Ocean City quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Assawoman Bay quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1980 USGS Assawoman Bay quadrangle1:25000
- 1983 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Assawoman Bay quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Assawoman Bay quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Fenwick Estates between 2005 and 2010, burning about 1 acre in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | CYGNET LANE |
| 21 April 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fenwick Island | 0.7 miles | 27 | |
| Fenwick Landing | 0.8 miles | 27 | |
| The Shoals | 1.7 miles | 27 | |
| Sea Dunes | 1.9 miles | 27 | |
| Seaside Villas | 1.9 miles | 27 | |
| Seatowne | 2.0 miles | 27 | |
| Keen-Wik | 2.2 miles | 27 | |
| Queens Quest | 2.2 miles | 27 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 217427. 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.