BlockJohnson, Delaware
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Selbyville-Frankford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19975. It stands on Bearhole Ditch. The Survey maps it on the Selbyville quadrangle. It stands 10 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 25 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.
- 1901 USGS Ocean City quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Ocean City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Selbyville quadrangle1:31680
- 1943 USGS Selbyville quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Ocean City quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Selbyville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Selbyville quadrangle1:25000
- 1983 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Selbyville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Johnson between 2005 and 2017, burning about 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | CYGNET LANE |
| 21 April 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 9 March 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Delaware Forest Service | WELLS FIRE |
| 20 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Delaware Forest Service | CEDAR CREEK |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fenwick West | 0.8 miles | 27 | |
| Williamsville | 1.1 miles | 25 | |
| Bunting | 1.2 miles | 25 | |
| Magnolia Shores | 1.3 miles | 27 | |
| Bay View Estates | 1.4 miles | 25 | |
| Spring Brook Forest | 1.6 miles | 25 | |
| Keenwik Sound | 1.7 miles | 27 | |
| Beachwood | 1.7 miles | 25 |
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 Johnson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6268122 | 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 216128. 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.