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Hickory Ridge, Delaware

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Bridgeville-Greenwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19950. It stands on White Marsh Branch. The Survey maps it on the Greenwood quadrangle.

Hickory Ridge within Sussex 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.

Fires near this place

2 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Hickory Ridge between 2015 and 2019, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Arson/incendiarism1

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
12 April 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresDelaware Forest ServiceCONCORD FIRE
12 April 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresDelaware Forest ServiceCROP FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Greenwood0.6 miles19
Saint Johnstown0.8 miles19
Greenwood Gardens1.2 miles19
Deer Creek1.5 miles19
Owens3.2 miles19
Newton Woods3.2 miles19
Cocked Hat3.5 miles19
Blanchard3.6 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 215547. 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.