Robbins, Delaware

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Milford South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19947. It stands on Gravelly Ditch. The Survey maps it on the Ellendale quadrangle.

Robbins within Sussex County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 20 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.

1918 USGS Cedar Creek quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1919 USGS Cedar Creek quadrangle1:62500
1938 USGS Cedar Creek quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1944 USGS Cedar Creek quadrangle1:62500
1946 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1947 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
1948 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Ellendale 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 Ellendale quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

38 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Robbins between 2002 and 2020, burning about 137 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined	11
Debris and open burning	6
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Arson/incendiarism	6
Recreation and ceremony	4
Smoking	3
Natural	2

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 September 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	3.0 acres	Delaware Forest Service	GRAVEL FIRE
9 September 2013	Smoking	under an acre	Delaware Forest Service	not named
5 September 2016	Smoking	1.0 acres	Delaware Forest Service	FLEATOWN
28 September 2015	Recreation and ceremony	10 acres	Delaware Forest Service	WALMART FIRE
6 August 2002	Natural	under an acre	Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
6 July 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	9.0 acres	Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
19 July 2012	Natural	5.0 acres	Delaware Forest Service	not named
1 July 2012	Smoking	under an acre	Delaware 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

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Robbins: 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
	Collins Mine and Plant	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
Redden	1.4 miles	19
Redden Crossroads	1.6 miles	19
Kings Crossroads	2.0 miles	19
Walkers Acres	3.0 miles	20
Ellendale	3.1 miles	20
New Market	3.4 miles	20
Sand Hill	3.9 miles	22
Federalsburg	4.6 miles	20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 216195. 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.