BlockPacking House Corner, Delaware
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Laurel-Delmar census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19940. It stands on Blackwater Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hebron quadrangle. It stands 36 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1901 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1942 USGS Hebron quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Hebron quadrangle1:31680
- 1946 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Hebron quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
27 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Packing House Corner between 2005 and 2020, burning about 58 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 29 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 23 June 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 18 June 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.5 acres | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 14 June 2016 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 31 May 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 9 April 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.3 acres | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 28 April 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Packing House Corner: 2 prospects, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Sand and Gravel, Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Barren Creek Deposits | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Elliot Farm Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Mine Hill Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Susan Beach Corner | 1.1 miles | 18 | |
| Columbia | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Ralphs | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Westerlee | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Delmar | 5.1 miles | 19 | |
| Saint George | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| Tussock Pond | 5.5 miles | 19 | |
| Records Estates | 5.7 miles | 20 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q15411451 | 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 217177. 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.