BlockFieldsboro, Delaware
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Middletown-Odessa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19734. The Survey maps it on the Middletown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 29 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.
- 1899 USGS Dover quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1906 USGS Dover quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1920 USGS Dover quadrangle1:125000
- 1931 USGS Smyrna quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1946 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Middletown quadrangle1:24000, 2 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 Dover quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Middletown quadrangle1:24000
Storms near this place
3 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fieldsboro in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2018: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2018 | Flood | Fieldsboro | - | Flooding at the route 13 to route 1 entrance of Roth bridge. |
| August 2018 | Flash Flood | Fieldsboro | - | Widespread roadway flooding occurred in and around Middletown. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fieldsboro | - | A severe thunderstorm tore down trees, large tree limbs and wires mainly across the central third of New Castle County. Nearly 3,000 homes and businesses lost power and power was not completely restored until the morning of the 15th. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gander Hill | 0.4 miles | 29 | |
| Pine Tree Corners | 0.7 miles | 29 | |
| Sycamore Farms | 0.9 miles | 29 | |
| Blackbird Landing | 2.3 miles | 29 | |
| Townsend | 2.3 miles | 29 | |
| Odessa Heights | 2.4 miles | 29 | |
| Evergreen Farms | 2.6 miles | 29 | |
| H and H Corner | 2.6 miles | 29 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 216091. 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.
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.