Hunters Ridge, Delaware

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Central Kent census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19962. It stands on Thorndyk Branch. The Survey maps it on the Frederica quadrangle.

Hunters Ridge within Kent County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 30 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.

1899 USGS Vineland quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1919 USGS Vineland quadrangle1:125000
1934 USGS Bowers quadrangle1:48000
1936 USGS Bowers quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1946 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1949 USGS Frederica quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Frederica quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
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 Frederica quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

2 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Hunters Ridge between 2004 and 2014, burning about 2 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	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
13 May 2014	Recreation and ceremony	1.5 acres	Delaware Forest Service	not named
23 March 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kent County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hunters Ridge: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Dover Equip. Co. Dredge No. 7	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
George Nashold Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
George Nashold Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
St Jones River Gravel Co Pit & Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary

Every working 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Misty Pines	0.6 miles	30
Brookhaven Estates	0.6 miles	30
Del Haven Estates	0.7 miles	29
Wickham Woods	1.0 miles	30
Barkers Landing Estates	1.2 miles	30
Magnolia	1.3 miles	30
Locustville	1.3 miles	30
Lexington Mill	1.6 miles	29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2400461. 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.