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Marydel, Delaware

28 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 19964. It stands on Tappahanna Ditch. The Survey maps it on the Marydel quadrangle. It stands 59 feet above sea level.

Marydel within Kent County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 28 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

29 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Marydel between 2005 and 2020, burning about 33 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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
Equipment and vehicle use9
Debris and open burning8
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Natural3
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMaryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMaryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Servicenot named
23 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMaryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Servicenot named
23 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMaryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Servicenot named
19 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use4.7 acresMaryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Servicenot named
19 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMaryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Servicenot named
27 July 2007Naturalunder an acreMaryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Servicenot named
12 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMaryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kent County

Storms near this place

10 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marydel in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 10 thunderstorm wind. 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
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMarydel$1,000A severe thunderstorm knocked down several trees and wires in Marydel. One downed tree badly damaged an outdoor grill.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindMarydel$1,000A severe thunderstorm damaged the porch and shed of one home in Marydel and also knocked down several trees.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindMarydel-The tops of some trees snapped off. Time estimated from radar.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMarydel-A few trees were downed in Marydel due to severe winds. Also some power outages in the area. Time estimated from radar.
November 2020Thunderstorm WindMarydel-Trees were downed in the area, including one on a vehicle.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindMarydel-Multiple trees were reported down in Marydel. The time of the damage was estimated from radar.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindMarydel-A convectively-driven wind gust knocked a tree down on wires in Marydel.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindMarydel-A squall line of severe showers and thunderstorms knocked down a few trees and wires in and around Marydel.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindMarydel-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindMarydel-no account filed

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Smith Crossroads1.9 miles28
Chapeltown2.7 miles28
Wrights Crossroads2.8 miles29
Choptank Mills3.2 miles28
Bethesda3.2 miles29
Hourglass3.5 miles29
Mahan3.5 miles28
Slaughter3.6 miles29

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.

Wikipedia article on MarydelAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6781171The 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 214279. 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.

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.