BlockMispillion Light, Delaware
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Milford South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19963. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mispillion River quadrangle.
On record in Mispillion Light
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Mispillion Lighthouse and Beacon Towerlisted 1987 · 0.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 23 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.
- 1918 USGS Cedar Creek quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1919 USGS Cedar Creek quadrangle1:62500
- 1938 USGS Cedar Creek quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Cedar Creek quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Mispillion River quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Mispillion River quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Seaford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Mispillion River quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Mispillion Light between 2002 and 2015, burning about 1,254 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 April 2015 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Delaware Forest Service | SCOTTS FIRE |
| 12 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Delaware Forest Service | TOBERT FIRE |
| 10 March 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,250 acres | Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge | SLAUGHTERBEACH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slaughter Beach | 2.4 miles | 23 | |
| Bowen Landing | 5.3 miles | 21 | |
| Brown Street | 5.4 miles | 21 | |
| Argo Corners | 5.5 miles | 22 | |
| Country Club Estates | 5.9 miles | 21 | |
| Shawnee Acres | 5.9 miles | 21 | |
| Milford | 6.5 miles | 21 | |
| South Milford (historical) | 6.5 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 214329. 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.