BlockNassau, Delaware
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Lewes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19958. The Survey maps it on the Lewes quadrangle. It stands 26 feet above sea level.
On record in Nassau
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.
Norwood Houselisted 1982 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 27 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 Cape Henlopen quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1937 USGS Cape Henlopen quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Cape Henlopen quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Lewes quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Lewes quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Lewes quadrangle1:25000
- 1984 USGS Lewes quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Seaford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Lewes quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Nassau between 1992 and 2016, burning about 68 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 July 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge | UNITIINO4 |
| 13 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge | FIELD 2 03 |
| 11 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge | UNIT2-9202 |
| 27 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Delaware Forest Service | not named |
| 20 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Delaware Forest Service | COASTAL |
| 11 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge | UNIT2-9201 |
| 1 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge | UNIT II 00 |
| 27 March 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 14 acres | Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge | UNIT II |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Nassau: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Magnesite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
3 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nassau in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2012: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2012 | Flash Flood | Nassau | $500,000 | Thunderstorms with torrential downpours caused flash flooding in Eastern Sussex County. The hardest hit area was in and around Long Neck. Many roadways were flooded and closed. One road collapsed in Oak Orchard. In Oak Orchard, River Road was under water and the bulkhead of one home was damaged at the Riverwinds Development. Holly Lake Road was also closed Flooding was also reported along Beaver Dam Road and Delaware State Ropute 5. Along the coast, Delaware State Route 1 in Dewey Beach and Delaware State Route 26 leading into Bethany Beach were flooded. Event precipitation totals included 7.21 in Rehoboth Beach, 6.83 inches in Harbeson, 6.39 inches in Bethany Beach and 5.76 inches in Indian River Inlet. |
| August 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Nassau | - | An EF1 tornado touched down in the Quakertown area near Lewes during the early evening of the 27th. This tornado was embedded within convective bands associated with Hurricane Irene. About 50 homes were damaged and several vehicles and sheds were either damaged or destroyed. The tornado touched down near the eastern end of Tradewinds Lane, then moved west along Tradewinds Lane, crossed Delaware State Route 269A before lifting at Crab Apple Lane. Numerous trees were uprooted or snapped along this path, and numerous homes experienced shingle damage in the Tradewinds, Donovan Smith, Swanendael Acres and Nassau Station Developments. The most significant damage occurred on Crab Apple Lane where a house sustained substantial roof damage with its rafters exposed. The house's garage was also ripped away.||The tornado path length was estimated at 0.7 miles, its maximum path width was 80 yards and its estimated maximum wind speed was 95 mph. No serious injuries were reported. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nassau | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch Acres | 0.5 miles | 27 | |
| Sand Dunes Village | 0.5 miles | 27 | |
| Belltown | 0.6 miles | 31 | |
| Mill Pond Acres | 0.7 miles | 27 | |
| Mill Creek Manor | 0.7 miles | 27 | |
| Shady Side | 0.8 miles | 27 | |
| Five Points | 0.8 miles | 31 | |
| Edgewater | 0.9 miles | 27 |
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 Nassau | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6967542 | 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 214371. 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.
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.