Harbeson, Delaware

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Milton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19951. The Survey maps it on the Harbeson quadrangle. It stands 36 feet above sea level.

Harbeson within Sussex County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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.

1917 USGS Millsboro quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1938 USGS Millsboro quadrangle1:62500
1944 USGS Harbeson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1944 USGS Millsboro quadrangle1:62500
1946 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1947 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
1948 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
1955 USGS Harbeson quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Seaford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1992 USGS Harbeson quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

14 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Harbeson between 1995 and 2020, burning about 17 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Debris and open burning	7
Arson/incendiarism	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
9 September 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	3.0 acres	Delaware Forest Service	GRAVEL FIRE
3 September 2015	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Delaware Forest Service	DEEP FIRE
20 August 2010	Railroad operations and maintenance	3.0 acres	Delaware Forest Service	not named
25 June 2015	Other causes	1.0 acres	Delaware Forest Service	PRETTY FIRE
4 May 2019	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Delaware Forest Service	245 FIRE
4 April 2012	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Delaware Forest Service	not named
27 April 2012	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Delaware Forest Service	not named
24 April 2014	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Delaware Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sussex County

Storms near this place

26 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harbeson in 26 storm reports between 2000 and 2019: 21 heavy rain, 2 flood, 1 hail, 1 lightning. 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
August 2012	Lightning	Harbeson	$15,000	A lightning strike and ensuing fire damaged a home on Martins Farm Road in Milton.
April 2019	Tornado (EF1)	Harbeson	-	A tornado touched down near Carpenter Road in Harbeson. This tornado was associated with the same parent circulation that produced an EF2 tornado in Laurel, DE. Sporadic damage occurred over the remainder of the path, and the tornado may not have been on the ground continuously. Damage was observed on Shay Lane, where a few trees were snapped and a section of a barn roof was removed. Near the coast on South Bay Shore Drive, a couple of additional trees were snapped along with some roof damage. A distinct swirling pattern was also seen in a marshy grass area at this location. Beyond this point the circulation moved offshore. Dual polarization radar data was also useful in confirming a tornado debris signature.
July 2017	Heavy Rain	Harbeson	-	Three and a half inches of rain fell at this DEOS site.
September 2016	Heavy Rain	Harbeson	-	Six and three quarters inches of rain fell.
September 2016	Heavy Rain	Harbeson	-	Almost 9 inches of rain fell.
September 2016	Heavy Rain	Harbeson	-	Almost nine inches of rain fell.
September 2016	Heavy Rain	Harbeson	-	Just over nine inches of rain fell.
September 2016	Heavy Rain	Harbeson	-	Just over nine inches of rain fell.
September 2016	Heavy Rain	Harbeson	-	Just over nine inches of rain fell.
September 2016	Heavy Rain	Harbeson	-	Just over nine inches of rain fell.
September 2016	Heavy Rain	Harbeson	-	Just over nine inches of rain fell.
September 2016	Heavy Rain	Harbeson	-	Almost nine and a half inches of rain fell.
September 2016	Flood	Harbeson	-	Route 5 was closed in a couple of locations.
September 2016	Heavy Rain	Harbeson	-	Nine and a half inches of rain fell.
September 2016	Heavy Rain	Harbeson	-	Almost ten inches of rain fell.
September 2016	Heavy Rain	Harbeson	-	Over six inches of rain fell in less than a day.
September 2016	Heavy Rain	Harbeson	-	Eight and a half inches of rain fell.
September 2016	Heavy Rain	Harbeson	-	Almost ten inches of rain fell.
September 2016	Heavy Rain	Harbeson	-	Over eleven inches of rain fell.
September 2016	Heavy Rain	Harbeson	-	Eight and a half inches of rain fell.
September 2016	Heavy Rain	Harbeson	-	Seven and a half inches of rain fell.
September 2016	Heavy Rain	Harbeson	-	Just over eight and a half inches fell.
September 2016	Heavy Rain	Harbeson	-	Over twelve inches of rain fell.
October 2016	Flood	Harbeson	-	A spotter reported roadway flooding.
October 2016	Heavy Rain	Harbeson	-	Almost three inches of heavy rain fell.
April 2000	Hail	Harbeson	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sussex 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
Deerwood	0.9 miles	22
Briarwood Manor	0.9 miles	22
Shady Rest Park	1.3 miles	22
Lazy Lake	1.4 miles	22
Cool Spring Manor	1.6 miles	22
Cool Spring Farms	1.7 miles	22
Gravel Hill	1.8 miles	22
Bennum	1.8 miles	22

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.

Wikipedia article on Harbeson	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5654375	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 214054. 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.

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.