BlockPepperbox, Delaware
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Laurel-Delmar census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19956. It stands on Saunders Branch. The Survey maps it on the Pittsville quadrangle. It stands 49 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1902 USGS Pittsville quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1942 USGS Pittsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Pittsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Pittsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Pittsville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Pepperbox between 2007 and 2017, burning about 21 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 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 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 6 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | NEW HOPE RD |
| 19 July 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Delaware Forest Service | not named |
| 24 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Delaware Forest Service | GUMBORO |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Whaleys Crossroads | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Lowes Crossroads | 2.5 miles | 19 | |
| Whitesville | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Pepper | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Westwoods | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Smith Hill | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Lowe | 4.1 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.
| Wikipedia article on Pepperbox | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7166392 | 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 216178. 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.