BlockKings Second Addition, Delaware
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Georgetown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19947. The Survey maps it on the Georgetown quadrangle.
On record in Kings Second Addition
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 14 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Thomas Sipple Houselisted 1985 · 0.4 miles away
Peter S. Faucett Houselisted 1985 · 0.5 miles away
Judge's House and Law Officelisted 1979 · 0.5 miles away
Richards Mansionlisted 1979 · 0.5 miles away
Brick Hotellisted 1979 · 0.5 miles away
Old Sussex County Courthouselisted 1971 · 0.6 miles away
Sussex County Courthouse and the Circlelisted 1973 · 0.6 miles away
Joseph T. Adams Houselisted 1998 · 0.7 miles away
Gardiner Wright Mansionlisted 1979 · 0.8 miles away
Dr. John W. Messick House and Officelisted 1987 · 0.9 miles away- Georgetown Coal Gasification Plantlisted 1985 · 0.5 miles away
- Isaacs & Sons Cold Storage Buildinglisted 2025 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 19 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.
- 1917 USGS Millsboro quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Millsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Millsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Seaford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
28 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Kings Second Addition between 2002 and 2020, burning about 99 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Smoking | under an acre | Delaware Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2015 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Delaware Forest Service | SMOKE FIRE |
| 3 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Delaware Forest Service | DEEP FIRE |
| 28 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Delaware Forest Service | WALMART FIRE |
| 6 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 31 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Delaware Forest Service | SNAG FIRE |
| 7 July 2012 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Delaware Forest Service | not named |
| 6 July 2012 | Fireworks | 2.0 acres | Delaware Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swain Acres | 0.2 miles | 19 | |
| Highland Terrace | 0.4 miles | 19 | |
| Georgetown | 0.6 miles | 19 | |
| Murrays Development | 0.8 miles | 19 | |
| Harlemtown | 1.1 miles | 19 | |
| Bowdens Garage (historical) | 1.2 miles | 22 | |
| Greenlea Acres | 1.2 miles | 22 | |
| Springfield Farms Addition | 1.4 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 215418. 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.