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Nottingham Manor, Delaware

38 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Newark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19711. It stands on Fairfield Run. The Survey maps it on the Newark West quadrangle.

Nottingham Manor within New Castle County

On record in Nottingham Manor

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 of 36 shown

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

Every listing in New Castle County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 38 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

32 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Nottingham Manor between 2004 and 2020, burning about 54 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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/incendiarism13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
8 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMaryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Servicenot named
12 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMaryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Servicenot named
13 July 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMaryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Servicenot named
23 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDelaware State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
24 May 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMaryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Servicenot named
21 May 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresDelaware State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
19 April 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDelaware State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
17 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresDelaware 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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Nottingham Manor: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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
Chestnut Hill MineIronPast Producer
Elk Mills QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerMetamorphic
Elk Mills QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Iron Hill MineIronPast Producer

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
Oakland0.3 miles38
Cherry Hill0.4 miles38
Nottingham Green0.6 miles38
Nonatum Mills0.7 miles38
College Park0.8 miles38
Fairfield Crest0.8 miles38
Fairfield0.8 miles38
Foxfield0.8 miles38

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 217548. 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.