BlockPearson Grove, Delaware
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Kenton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19938. It stands on Gravelly Run. The Survey maps it on the Sudlersville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 30 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.
- 1899 USGS Dover quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1905 USGS Barclay quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1906 USGS Dover quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1920 USGS Dover quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Sudlersville quadrangle1:31680
- 1946 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Barclay quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Sudlersville 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
- 1972 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Dover quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Sudlersville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Pearson Grove between 2006 and 2008, burning about 9 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.1 acres | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 16 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 16 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 3 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 2 March 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.9 acres | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 14 March 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reynard Crossing | 0.7 miles | 29 | |
| Forest Gate | 1.5 miles | 29 | |
| Everetts Corner | 2.0 miles | 29 | |
| Downs Chapel | 2.1 miles | 29 | |
| Fords Corner | 3.8 miles | 29 | |
| Blackiston | 4.0 miles | 30 | |
| Underwood Corner | 4.0 miles | 29 | |
| Oak Forest Estates | 4.1 miles | 29 |
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 Q122562121 | 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 216175. 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.