Greens Corner, Delaware

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Felton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19943. The Survey maps it on the Burrsville quadrangle.

Greens Corner within Kent County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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.

1918 USGS Harrington quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1944 USGS Harrington quadrangle1:62500
1946 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1947 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
1948 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
1955 USGS Burrsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Seaford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1993 USGS Burrsville quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

6 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Greens Corner between 1999 and 2019, burning about 22 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/incendiarism	3
Debris and open burning	2
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
18 June 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	13 acres	Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service	not named
2 April 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service	not named
6 March 2019	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Delaware Forest Service	STATONVILLE FIRE
6 November 2015	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service	not named
16 November 2019	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service	not named
26 January 1999	Arson/incendiarism	7.0 acres	Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge	FB-I1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kent 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 Greens Corner: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Clough and Caulk Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
	L.D. Caulk Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Kent 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
Hollandsville	0.9 miles	19
Hughes Crossroads	1.6 miles	19
Edwardsville	1.8 miles	19
Hopkins Corners	2.4 miles	19
Lords Corner	2.8 miles	28
Schultie Crossroads	2.8 miles	19
Minners Corners	3.0 miles	19
McKnatt Corners	3.4 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 216696. 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.