BlockPiermont Woods, Delaware
32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Newark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19702. It stands on Muddy Run. The Survey maps it on the Newark East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 32 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.
- 1904 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1919 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Newark East quadrangle1:24000, 4 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 Wilmington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Newark East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Piermont Woods between 2004 and 2006, burning about 7 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 21 May 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 19 April 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 17 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 11 April 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 5 March 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 16 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Piermont Woods: 7 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chestnut Hill Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Iron Hill Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Freeway Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Freeway Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Route 40 Farm | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Whittington Sand & Gravel Pit & Mil | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Whittington Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Woodlawn Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Woodlawn Sand & Gravel Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beechers Lot | 0.2 miles | 32 | |
| Deer Run | 0.5 miles | 32 | |
| Salem Woods | 0.5 miles | 32 | |
| Summer Hill | 0.8 miles | 32 | |
| Cedar Farms | 0.9 miles | 32 | |
| Breezewood II | 1.0 miles | 32 | |
| Marydale | 1.2 miles | 32 | |
| Heather Woods | 1.3 miles | 32 |
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 Q122564272 | 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 217505. 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.