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.
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.
Holly Oaklisted 2017 · 0.4 miles away
Mount Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonagelisted 1998 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
18 surveys from 44 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.
- 1894 USGS Chester quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1896 USGS Chester quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Chester quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1901 USGS Camden quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1941 USGS Marcus Hook quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Camden quadrangle1:125000
- 1946 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Marcus Hook quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Marcus Hook quadrangle1:24000, 2 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
- 1967 USGS Marcus Hook quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1972 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Marcus Hook quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Marcus Hook quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 2003Regional 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/undetermined | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 acres | Pennsylvania Division of Forest Fire Protection | not named |
| 19 April 2014 | Other causes | under an acre | New Jersey Forest Fire Service | not named |
| 19 December 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 470 acres | New Jersey Forest Fire Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Minerals/ Wilmington, De. | Chromium | Past Producer | ||
| Edgemoor Plant Ti | Titanium, Pigment | Plant | 1956 | |
| Phoenix Steel/ Claymont, De. | Iron | Plant | ||
| Wilmington Plant Dupont | Titanium | Plant | ||
| Wilmington Plantozark-Mahoning | Fluorine-Fluorite | Plant | ||
| Winzinger Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2010Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Holly Oak | 1 hurt, $50,000 | Thunderstorms 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly Oak | $30,000 | A 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly Oak | - | Trees down into a house on Wardor Avenue. Time estimated via radar. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly Oak | - | Several reports of trees and power lines down near Memorial Dr. Time estimated from radar. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Holly Oak | - | Flood waters over two feet deep were reported in Overview Gardens in West Minquadale. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Holly Oak | - | DE Route 9 southbound was closed around Memorial Drive near Garfield Park due to flash flooding. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenmount | 0.2 miles | 44 | |
| Brandywine Estates | 0.2 miles | 44 | |
| Gwinhurst | 0.2 miles | 44 | |
| Silverside Heights | 0.3 miles | 44 | |
| Rolling Park | 0.4 miles | 44 | |
| Penrock | 0.5 miles | 44 | |
| Grubbs Landing | 0.5 miles | 44 | |
| Wembly | 0.6 miles | 44 |
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.

















