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Kentmere, Delaware

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Wilmington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19806. It stands on Alapocas Run. The Survey maps it on the Wilmington North quadrangle.

Kentmere within New Castle County

On record in Kentmere

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 12 of 17 shown

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

Every listing in New Castle County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 35 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

2 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Kentmere in 2004, burning about 1 acre 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

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
20 November 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDelaware State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
10 November 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDelaware State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in New Castle 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 Kentmere: 3 plants, 1 past producer. 3 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
Wilmington Plant DupontTitaniumPlant
Wilmington Plantozark-MahoningFluorine-FluoritePlant

Every working recorded in New Castle County

Storms near this place

7 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kentmere in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 heavy rain, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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
August 2008Thunderstorm WindKentmere$100,000A severe thunderstorm tore down several large oak and sycamore trees at the Brandywine Zoo in Wilmington. The downed trees damaged several exhibits. The In Flight exhibit was destroyed. A downed tree also punctured a hole in the roof af the animal hospital and damaged a storage shed. No animals were injured. The zoo remained closed until the 13th.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindKentmere-Large tree uprooted and blocking School Road in Alapocas. Time estimated from radar.
June 2019HailKentmere-Up to pea size hail reported in North Wilmington.
July 2017Heavy RainKentmere-Just over two inches of rain fell at the Wilmington Porter Reservoir.
March 2011FloodKentmere-Sharpless Road and Ashland Clinton School Road were flooded by the Red Clay Creek near Yorklyn and Hockessin. Farther downstream, the Red Clay Creek at Wooddale was above its 7 foot flood stage from 742 p.m. EST through 1109 p.m. EST on the 10th. It crested at 7.32 feet at 915 p.m. EST. Farther downstream, the Red Clay Creek at Stanton was above its 15 foot flood stage from 830 p.m. EST through 1152 p.m. EST on the 10th. It crested at 15.29 feet at 945 p.m. EST. The Brandywine Creek at Wilmington was above its 16.5 foot flood stage from 718 a.m. EST through 405 p.m. EST on the 11th. It crested at 17.34 feet at 1115 a.m. EST.||Event precipitation totals within New Castle County included 2.24 inches in Mill Creek, 1.83 inches in Newport, 1.46 inches at the New Castle County Airport and 1.29 inches in Newark.
December 2010FloodKentmere-Heavy rain caused flooding in Trolley Square in Wilmington, Penny Hill near the Shell Pot Creek and Battery Park in New Castle. Event precipitation totals included 1.64 inches in Wilmington and 1.11 inches in Newport and 0.95 inches at the New Castle County Airport.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindKentmere-A severe thunderstorm knocked down several trees and wires in northeastern New Castle County from Elsmere northeast into Brandywine Hundred. One downed tree blocked a roadway near U.S. Route 202 in Brandywine Hundred. Some pea size hail also occurred in the area. Power outages affected the Trolley Square section of Wilmington.

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
Alapocas0.3 miles35
Augustine0.4 miles35
Augustine Hills0.6 miles35
Rock Manor0.9 miles35
Concord1.0 miles35
Henry Clay1.0 miles35
Wawaset Park1.0 miles35
Blue Ball1.1 miles35

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 Q122570050The 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 217146. 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.