Manchester Square, Delaware

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Dover census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19901. The Survey maps it on the Dover quadrangle.

Manchester Square within Kent County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 29 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.

1899 USGS Dover quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1906 USGS Dover quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1920 USGS Dover quadrangle1:125000
1926 USGS Wyoming quadrangle1:48000
1930 USGS Wyoming quadrangle1:62500
1931 USGS Wyoming quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1946 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Dover quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
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 Dover quadrangle1:100000
1993 USGS Dover quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

9 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Manchester Square between 1995 and 2007, burning about 2,002 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined	6
Recreation and ceremony	1
Debris and open burning	1
Arson/incendiarism	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
23 July 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge	STEAM FIRE
4 June 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
3 June 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
6 April 2004	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
14 April 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
25 March 1995	Arson/incendiarism	2,000 acres	Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge	STEAMBOAT
1 March 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
19 February 2002	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 Kent 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 Manchester Square: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
George Nashold Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
George Nashold Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Tarburton Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Tarburton Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Kent 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
White Oak Farms	0.2 miles	29
Independence Village	0.4 miles	29
Dover Heights	0.4 miles	29
Towne Point	0.6 miles	29
Edgehill	0.6 miles	29
Edge Hill	0.7 miles	29
Edgehill Acres	0.7 miles	29
East Lake Gardens	1.0 miles	29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2400415. 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.