BlockBefore

Mayview Manor, Delaware

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the New Castle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19720. It stands on Little Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wilmington South quadrangle.

Mayview Manor within New Castle County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 33 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

6 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Mayview Manor between 1998 and 2017, burning about 52 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
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
19 April 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNew Jersey Forest Fire Servicenot named
18 December 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreNew Jersey Forest Fire Servicenot named
20 November 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDelaware State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
16 November 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNew Jersey Forest Fire Servicenot named
11 November 2001Arson/incendiarism50 acresNew Jersey Forest Fire Servicenot named
10 November 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDelaware State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in New Castle County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Mayview Manor: 5 past producers, 4 plants, 2 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Chromium, Titanium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
American Minerals/ Wilmington, De.ChromiumPast Producer
Edgemoor Plant TiTitanium, PigmentPlant1956
New Castle Plant C-E MineralsAluminumPlant
Wilmington Plant DupontTitaniumPlant
Wilmington Plantozark-MahoningFluorine-FluoritePlant
Clemente Sand WashSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Constructors Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Delaware Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Delaware Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wilson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Holloway Terrace0.1 miles33
Simonds Gardens0.2 miles33
Rose Hill Gardens0.4 miles33
Rosegate0.4 miles33
Garfield Park0.5 miles33
Rogers Corners0.5 miles33
Dunleith0.5 miles33
Oakmont0.6 miles33

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 Q122567913The 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 215707. 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.