BlockHolletts Corners, Delaware
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Kenton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19938. The Survey maps it on the Clayton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 30 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
- 1931 USGS Smyrna quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1946 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Clayton 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 Clayton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Holletts Corners between 2008 and 2016, burning about 16 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 July 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 9 June 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 29 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | GOLTS CALDWELL ROAD |
| 26 April 2016 | Smoking | 10 acres | Delaware Forest Service | SAWMILL |
| 3 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 14 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 21 November 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Eagle Farms | 1.3 miles | 30 | |
| Blackiston | 2.1 miles | 30 | |
| Kentbourne II | 2.3 miles | 30 | |
| Plantation Crossing | 3.5 miles | 30 | |
| Forest Gate | 3.8 miles | 29 | |
| Reynard Crossing | 3.9 miles | 29 | |
| Wind Song Farms | 4.1 miles | 30 | |
| Underwood Corner | 4.2 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.
| Wikidata item Q122560035 | 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 216114. 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.