Lumbrook, Delaware

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Newark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19711. It stands on Middle Run. The Survey maps it on the Newark East quadrangle.

Lumbrook within New Castle County

On record in Lumbrook

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 15 shown

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

James Morrow Houselisted 1983 · 0.5 miles away
St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Churchlisted 1982 · 0.7 miles away
Dean, Joseph, & Son Woolen Milllisted 1978 · 0.7 miles away
Building at 34 Choate Streetlisted 1983 · 0.8 miles away
Old Newark Comprehensive Schoollisted 1982 · 0.9 miles away
Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder Company, Fire Station No. 1listed 1982 · 0.9 miles away
Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder Company Fire Station No. 2listed 1982 · 0.9 miles away
Wilmington Trust Company Banklisted 1982 · 0.9 miles away
Building at 28-34 1/2 Academy Streetlisted 1982 · 0.9 miles away
Meteer Store Houselisted 1983 · 0.9 miles away
State Theaterlisted 1983 · 0.9 miles away
Newark Opera Houselisted 1982 · 1.0 miles away

Every listing in New Castle County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 32 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.

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 Newark East quadrangle1:24000, 4 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 Newark East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

34 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Lumbrook between 2003 and 2020, burning about 16 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	19
Arson/incendiarism	8
Smoking	3
Debris and open burning	1
Recreation and ceremony	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Natural	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
8 September 2014	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service	not named
12 September 2014	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service	not named
22 August 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
22 August 2003	Smoking	under an acre	Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
13 July 2015	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service	not named
23 June 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
23 June 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
5 May 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in New Castle County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Lumbrook: 3 producers, 3 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, 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
Chestnut Hill Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Elk Mills Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer	Metamorphic
Elk Mills Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Iron Hill Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Whittington Sand & Gravel Pit & Mil	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Whittington Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Kimberton	0.7 miles	32
Windy Mill Park	0.8 miles	32
Greenbridge	0.9 miles	32
Windy Hills	0.9 miles	32
Newark	0.9 miles	32
Newark Oaks	0.9 miles	32
Pencader	1.0 miles	32
Chapel Hill	1.1 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 Q122553132

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 216143. 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.