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Hollandsville, 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. It stands 66 feet above sea level.

Hollandsville 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.

Fires near this place

5 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Hollandsville between 1999 and 2019, burning about 21 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
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
18 June 2007Equipment and vehicle use13 acresMaryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Servicenot named
2 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMaryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Servicenot named
6 March 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresDelaware Forest ServiceSTATONVILLE FIRE
6 November 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMaryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Servicenot named
26 January 1999Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresBlackwater National Wildlife RefugeFB-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 Hollandsville: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Clough and Caulk Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
L.D. Caulk PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kent County

Storms near this place

5 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hollandsville in 5 storm reports between 2003 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2026Thunderstorm WindHollandsville-From spotter network, tree damage reported west of Felton between Sandtown Road and Burnite Mill Road. Time estimated from radar.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindHollandsville-A tree was downed onto wires near Hayfield Rd. Time estimated from radar.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindHollandsville-Power lines were downed near Park Brown Rd near Sandtown. Time estimated from radar.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindHollandsville-Trees and wires were downed to the north and west of Harrington. Time estimated from radar.
June 2003Heavy RainHollandsville-no account filed

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Greens Corner0.9 miles19
Hughes Crossroads1.9 miles19
Minners Corners2.2 miles19
Hopkins Corners2.2 miles19
Edwardsville2.6 miles19
Mastens Corner2.8 miles20
McKnatt Corners3.1 miles19
Lords Corner3.6 miles28

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 HollandsvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q55613858The 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 216113. 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.

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.