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Holly Oak, Delaware

44 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Brandywine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19809. It stands on Perkins Run. The Survey maps it on the Marcus Hook quadrangle.

Holly Oak within New Castle County

On record in Holly Oak

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 surveys from 44 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

3 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Holly Oak between 2003 and 2014, burning about 472 acres in total. None 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/undetermined2
Other causes1

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
2 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresPennsylvania Division of Forest Fire Protectionnot named
19 April 2014Other causesunder an acreNew Jersey Forest Fire Servicenot named
19 December 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined470 acresNew Jersey Forest Fire Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in New Castle County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Holly Oak: 4 plants, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Titanium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Titanium, Pigment. 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
American Minerals/ Wilmington, De.ChromiumPast Producer
Edgemoor Plant TiTitanium, PigmentPlant1956
Phoenix Steel/ Claymont, De.IronPlant
Wilmington Plant DupontTitaniumPlant
Wilmington Plantozark-MahoningFluorine-FluoritePlant
Winzinger PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in New Castle County

Storms near this place

7 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holly Oak in 7 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
July 2010Flash FloodHolly Oak1 hurt, $50,000Thunderstorms with torrential downpours caused flash flooding in and around Wilmington. The flooding forced the safe evacuation of nearly three dozen infant and toddlers at an Elsmere day care center on Kirkwood Highway. The highway had up to four feet of water on it and was closed between Maple Avenue and Saunders Road. A bakery was also damaged by the flooding as were about 14 vehicles at the Veterans Affair Medical Center. In Wilmington, fire fighters made three water rescues. A man in his 50s was injured trying to rescue a woman stuck in flood waters. Three major roadways were closed including Governor Printz Boulevard. Elsewhere flooding along the Noneguch Creek near New Castle flooded Airport Road and several vehicles were stuck in high water in New Castle. The two day Doppler Radar storm total estimates reached 6 to 8 inches in the area.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindHolly Oak$30,000A severe thunderstorm knocked down several trees in the Minquadale section of New Castle Hundred. A couple of homes were damaged by the fallen trees.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindHolly Oak-Trees down into a house on Wardor Avenue. Time estimated via radar.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindHolly Oak-Several reports of trees and power lines down near Memorial Dr. Time estimated from radar.
June 2019Flash FloodHolly Oak-Flood waters over two feet deep were reported in Overview Gardens in West Minquadale.
June 2019Flash FloodHolly Oak-DE Route 9 southbound was closed around Memorial Drive near Garfield Park due to flash flooding.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindHolly Oak-Large air conditioning units were blown off the roofs of two buildings, with both buildings also having there roofs blown off. Numerous trees were also blown down. Time estimated from radar.

Every storm recorded in New Castle 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
Greenmount0.2 miles44
Brandywine Estates0.2 miles44
Gwinhurst0.2 miles44
Silverside Heights0.3 miles44
Rolling Park0.4 miles44
Penrock0.5 miles44
Grubbs Landing0.5 miles44
Wembly0.6 miles44

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 214109. 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.