Hartly, Delaware
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Dover census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19953. The Survey maps it on the Kenton quadrangle. 73 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 69 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHartly fell from 74 to 73 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 74 | |
| 2020 | 73 | -1 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 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
- 1926 USGS Wyoming quadrangle1:48000
- 1930 USGS Wyoming quadrangle1:62500
- 1931 USGS Wyoming quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Kenton quadrangle1:24000, 3 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 Kenton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Hartly between 2005 and 2017, burning about 3 acres 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 10 July 2007 | Natural | 1.1 acres | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 8 March 2017 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 4 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 25 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
17 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hartly in 17 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 12 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartly | $25,000 | A severe thunderstorm knocked down several trees and wires in Hartly. One tree fell onto and damaged a building. Another downed tree damaged a house's porch. A third large downed tree took down wires along Crystal Road. |
| August 2003 | Lightning | Hartly | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartly | - | Tree limbs and wires were downed east of Hartly. Time estimated from radar. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartly | - | Several reports of downed trees and wires were received near Crystal Rd southeast of Hartly. Time estimated from radar. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartly | - | A power pole and wires were downed near Judith Rd near Hartly. Time estimated from radar. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartly | - | Wires were reported down in the Hartly area. Time estimated from radar. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartly | - | Several trees reported down between Hartly and Marydel. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartly | - | A few trees were taken down due to thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Hartly | - | A funnel cloud was observed in Hartly. Downwind, this funnel cloud touched down and became a tornado. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Hartly | - | Thunderstorms with heavy rain caused roadway and small stream flash flooding and field flooding across central Kent County. Over a dozen roadways were flooded and closed including Delaware State Route 1 in Federica. Most of the closed roadways were in and around Dover and Felton. Event precipitation totals include 2.26 inches in Felton and 2.15 inches in Dover. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartly | - | A severe thunderstorm tore down several large tree limbs and wires across the northern half of Kent County. A measured wind gust of 52 mph was recorded at the Dover Air Force Base. |
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Hartly | - | Thunderstorms with torrential downpours caused flash flooding of smaller streams in northwestern Kent County. Doppler Radar storm total estimates reached between 2.5 and 3.0 inches. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartly | - | A severe thunderstorm knocked down a couple of trees in Hartley. A downed tree blocked Slaughter Station Road. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartly | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Hartly | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartly | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartly | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rehak | 0.4 miles | 29 | |
| Slaughter | 0.6 miles | 29 | |
| Oak Forest Estates | 1.2 miles | 29 | |
| Wrights Crossroads | 1.5 miles | 29 | |
| Davis Corner | 1.7 miles | 29 | |
| Fords Corner | 1.8 miles | 29 | |
| Bethesda | 2.4 miles | 29 | |
| Green Briar | 2.5 miles | 29 |
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 Hartly | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q754320 | 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 214061. 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.














