North Milford, Delaware

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Milford North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19963. It stands on Mullet Run. The Survey maps it on the Milford quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

North Milford within Kent County

On record in North Milford

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 12 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Peter Lofland Houselisted 1982 · 0.0 miles away
Bank Houselisted 1978 · 0.1 miles away
Gov. William T. Watson Mansionlisted 1982 · 0.2 miles away
Christ Churchlisted 1973 · 0.2 miles away
Old Fire Houselisted 1983 · 0.2 miles away
Milford New Century Clublisted 1982 · 0.4 miles away
Parson Thorne Mansionlisted 1971 · 0.4 miles away
Mill Houselisted 1983 · 0.4 miles away
James McColley Houselisted 1983 · 0.5 miles away
Wilkerson, J. H., & Son Brickworkslisted 1978 · 0.8 miles away
Walnut Farmlisted 1982 · 0.8 miles away
North Milford Historic Districtlisted 1983 · 0.2 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 21 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.

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
1954 USGS Milford 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 Milford quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

9 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of North Milford (historical) between 2002 and 2015, burning about 37 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
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Arson/incendiarism	2
Debris and open burning	2
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
9 August 2004	Smoking	under an acre	Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
20 August 2002	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
18 August 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
16 August 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
13 June 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	30 acres	Delaware Forest Service	FLEA FIRE
9 April 2012	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Delaware Forest Service	not named
6 April 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Delaware Forest Service	WHEAT FIRE
12 April 2015	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Delaware Forest Service	TOBERT FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kent County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

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

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Barber Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Barber Sand and Gravel Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Porter Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Porter Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Milford Crossing	0.9 miles	21
North Shores	1.0 miles	21
Woods Haven	1.2 miles	21
Knotts Landing	1.4 miles	21
Haven Lake Estates	1.9 miles	21
Colony West	2.1 miles	21
Hall Estates	2.4 miles	21
Dogwood Meadows	2.4 miles	21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1877462. 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.