BlockLittle Jersey, Delaware
32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Glasgow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19701. It stands on Crystal Run. The Survey maps it on the Saint Georges quadrangle.
On record in Little Jersey
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.
Lum's Mill Houselisted 1973 · 0.4 miles away
Point Farmlisted 1982 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 32 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.
- 1904 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1919 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Saint Georges quadrangle1:24000, 5 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
- 1972 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Saint Georges quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Little Jersey between 2006 and 2017, burning about 17 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 March 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 14 March 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 14 March 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 13 acres | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 14 March 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 8 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | BETHEL WMA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Little Jersey: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freeway Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Freeway Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Woodlawn Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Woodlawn Sand & Gravel Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkside | 0.6 miles | 32 | |
| Lums Pond Estates II | 1.3 miles | 32 | |
| Kirkwood | 1.4 miles | 32 | |
| Summit Bridge | 1.6 miles | 32 | |
| Lorewood Grove | 1.9 miles | 32 | |
| Rolling Meadows | 2.1 miles | 32 | |
| Countryside Farms | 2.2 miles | 32 | |
| Woodside Manor | 2.3 miles | 32 |
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 Q122569979 | 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 215617. 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.