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Redden, Delaware

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Georgetown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19947. It stands on Gravelly Ditch. The Survey maps it on the Georgetown quadrangle. It stands 46 feet above sea level.

Redden within Sussex County

On record in Redden

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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.

Fires near this place

33 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Redden between 2002 and 2020, burning about 103 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresDelaware Forest ServiceGRAVEL FIRE
9 September 2013Smokingunder an acreDelaware Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2015Smoking1.0 acresDelaware Forest ServiceSMOKE FIRE
28 September 2015Recreation and ceremony10 acresDelaware Forest ServiceWALMART FIRE
6 August 2002Naturalunder an acreDelaware State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
31 August 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresDelaware Forest ServiceSNAG FIRE
6 July 2012Smokingunder an acreDelaware Forest Servicenot named
6 July 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresDelaware State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sussex County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Redden: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Collins Mine and PlantIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sussex County

Storms near this place

10 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Redden in 10 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 4 heavy rain, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2010Thunderstorm WindRedden$1,000A severe thunderstorm caused wind damage across central Sussex County in and to the north of Georgetown. The cab cover of one vehicle was torn off one truck and damaged a nearby car's windows. Downed wires were reported on Delaware State Route 113 in Georgetown. A mesonet site five miles north of Georgetown measured a wind gust to 61 mph.
July 2023Flash FloodRedden-Flood waters inundated parts of a farmstead to the west of Georgetown. Some livestock was relocated due to the flooding.
February 2020Thunderstorm WindRedden-Trees and wires downed in the area. Time estimated from radar.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindRedden-Tree down in wires at McColleys Chapel Rd and Deer Forest Rd. Time estimated from radar.
May 2016HailRedden-Hail the size of .75 inches was observed from thunderstorms that moved through the area around 10:38 pm on 5/2.
September 2016Heavy RainRedden-Three inches of rain fell in 12 hours.
September 2016Heavy RainRedden-Just over 3 inches of rain fell in 24 hours.
September 2016Heavy RainRedden-Just over four inches of rain fell.
September 2016Heavy RainRedden-Almost four and a half inches of rain fell.
August 2013Flash FloodRedden-Thunderstorms with heavy downpours caused flash flooding of small streams and fields as well as poor drainage flooding in and around Ellendale in central Sussex County. Event precipitation totals included 4.24 inches in Ellendale and 2.82 inches in Redden.

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Redden Crossroads0.3 miles19
Robbins1.4 miles20
Kings Crossroads1.9 miles19
Sand Hill3.1 miles22
Highland Terrace3.3 miles19
Murrays Development3.6 miles19
Swain Acres3.6 miles19
Kings Second Addition3.6 miles19

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 ReddenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7305601The 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 216191. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.