Ralphs, Delaware

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Laurel-Delmar census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19956. It stands on Wheeling Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sharptown quadrangle.

Ralphs within Sussex County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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.

1915 USGS Seaford quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1944 USGS Seaford quadrangle1:62500
1946 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1947 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
1948 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
1955 USGS Sharptown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Seaford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1992 USGS Sharptown quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

12 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Ralphs between 2005 and 2015, burning about 21 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
Debris and open burning	6
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3

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
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
31 May 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service	not named
21 April 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service	not named
17 April 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Delaware Forest Service	not named
15 April 2006	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service	not named
1 April 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sussex County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ralphs: 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
	Elliot Farm Prospect	Iron	Prospect
	Mine Hill Mine	Iron	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Sussex 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Columbia	2.2 miles	18
Susan Beach Corner	2.4 miles	18
Tussock Pond	2.7 miles	19
Saint George	2.7 miles	19
Records Estates	2.9 miles	20
Packing House Corner	3.1 miles	18
Bacons	3.6 miles	20
Dogwood Acres	3.7 miles	20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 216189. 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.