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Hickory Hill, Delaware

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Selbyville-Frankford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19939. The Survey maps it on the Millsboro quadrangle.

Hickory Hill within Sussex County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 20 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.

Fires near this place

5 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Hickory Hill between 2005 and 2017, burning about 180 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 use1
Natural1
Debris and open burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
23 August 2015Smoking5.0 acresDelaware Forest ServiceGODWIN FIRE
19 July 2012Natural2.0 acresDelaware Forest Servicenot named
27 June 2013Equipment and vehicle use12 acresDelaware Forest Servicenot named
13 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined160 acresBlackwater National Wildlife RefugeMILLSBORO FIRE
24 March 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreDelaware Forest ServiceGUMBORO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sussex County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hickory Hill: 1 past producer. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Sussex Sand and Gravel Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Holiday Estates2.3 miles20
Kerseys Evergreen Acres2.4 miles20
Phillips Hill2.5 miles20
Mission2.6 miles20
Shaft Ox Corner2.8 miles20
Holiday Acres3.2 miles20
Lakeview Estates3.2 miles20
Nentego Manor3.3 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 216111. 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.