BlockNew Castle, 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 Army Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wilmington South quadrangle. 5,551 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 10 feet above sea level.
On record in New Castle
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 12 of 15 shown
II George Read HouseNational Historic Landmark
New Castle County Court HouseNational Historic Landmark · listed 1972
New Castle Historic DistrictNational Historic Landmark · listed 1967
New Castle Historic DistrictNational Historic Landmark · listed 1984
StonumNational Historic Landmark · listed 1973
Air Service, Inc. Hangar at Bellanca Airfieldlisted 2005
Amstel Houselisted 1977
Glebe Houselisted 1973
Grantham-Edwards-McComb Houselisted 2016
Hermitage, Thelisted 1973
Lesley-Travers Mansionlisted 1973
New Castle Ice Pierslisted 1982
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 33 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.
- 1904 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1919 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Wilmington South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1967 USGS Wilmington South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1972 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Wilmington South quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Wilmington South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of New Castle between 1992 and 2017, burning about 52 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | New Jersey Forest Fire Service | not named |
| 19 April 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | New Jersey Forest Fire Service | not named |
| 18 December 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | New Jersey Forest Fire Service | not named |
| 16 November 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | New Jersey Forest Fire Service | not named |
| 11 November 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | New Jersey Forest Fire Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of New Castle: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Aluminum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Castle Plant C-E Minerals | Aluminum | Plant | ||
| Delaware Brick Co. Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Delaware Brick Co. Pit and Mill | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Clemente Sand Wash | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Constructors Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Delaware Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Delaware Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wilson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Castle in 11 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | - | Report of small to medium sized branches down in Old New Castle. Time estimated from radar. |
| December 2023 | Flood | New Castle | - | Across southeast Pennsylvania and northern Delaware, flooding occurred on the Brandywine River, the Schuylkill River, the Christina River, Red Clay Creek, and White Clay Creek. The Coochs Bridge gauge crested at 12.2 ft. The Langhorne gauge crested at 13.59 ft. The Downingtown gauge crested at 10.94 ft. The Newark gauge crested at 14.45 ft. The Chadds Ford gauge crested at 12.18 ft. The Wooddale gauge crested at 8.58 ft. The Graterford gauge crested at 16.30 ft. The Chester gauge crested at 11.87 ft. The Philadelphia gauge crested at 11.82 ft. The Pottstown gauge crested at 13.92. The Norristown gauge crested at 15.85. The Langhorne gauge crested at 13.59 ft. The Wilmington gauge crested at 17.08 ft. All of these crests are above flood stage.||Flooding was reported along old Airport Road close to the Christina River. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | - | Wires were downed near Second St. Time estimated from radar. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | - | A tree was taken down due to thunderstorm wind gusts and fell onto a car located on Edinburg drive. |
| June 2015 | Hail | New Castle | - | Large hail fell in New Castle from a severe thunderstorm. Half dollar, nickel and dime size hail occurred. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | - | A severe thunderstorm knocked down a few trees and wires in New Castle. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | New Castle | - | Thunderstorms with very heavy rain also caused flash flooding of smaller streams and poor drainage areas in and around New Castle. Several vehicles became trapped in flood waters. No injuries were reported. Event precipitation totals included 1.75 inches at the New Castle County Airport. |
| June 2012 | Hail | New Castle | - | A thunderstorm dropped penny-size hail in the town of New Castle. |
| June 2012 | Hail | New Castle | - | A thunderstorm dropped penny size hail in New Castle. |
| May 2010 | Hail | New Castle | - | The same thunderstorm that dropped quarter size hail in Bear, dropped nickel size hail in New Castle. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Park | 0.8 miles | 33 | |
| Dobbinsville | 0.8 miles | 33 | |
| Rogers Manor | 0.9 miles | 33 | |
| Stockton | 0.9 miles | 33 | |
| Wilmington Manor Gardens | 1.1 miles | 33 | |
| Jefferson Farms | 1.2 miles | 33 | |
| Penn Acres South | 1.5 miles | 33 | |
| Penn Acres | 1.5 miles | 33 |
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 New Castle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q755393 | 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 214379. 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.