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Roseville Park, 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 19711. It stands on Middle Run. The Survey maps it on the Newark East quadrangle.

Roseville Park within New Castle County

On record in Roseville Park

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 3 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 32 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

30 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Roseville Park between 2003 and 2020, burning about 14 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined23
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking2
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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
12 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMaryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Servicenot named
22 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDelaware State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
22 August 2003Smokingunder an acreDelaware State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
23 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDelaware State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
23 June 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDelaware State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
8 May 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresDelaware State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
5 May 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDelaware State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
21 May 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresDelaware State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in New Castle County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Roseville Park: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Chestnut Hill MineIronPast Producer
Iron Hill MineIronPast Producer
Whittington Sand & Gravel Pit & MilSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Whittington Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in New Castle County

Storms near this place

7 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roseville Park in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
August 2019LightningRoseville Park2 hurtA house was struck by lightning. Two men outside in close proximity were seriously injured. The lightning struck in clear air several miles away from a thunderstorm. Time estimated by radar.
August 2024Flash FloodRoseville Park-A portion of Capitol Trail between Newark and Wilmington was flooded with 1 to 2 feet of water in a video from a trained spotter.
February 2020Thunderstorm WindRoseville Park-Photo of a tree down onto a deck, destroying part of a fence. Time estimated from radar.
February 2020Thunderstorm WindRoseville Park-Tree downed into a house on Brewster Dr. Time estimated from radar.
July 2017Flash FloodRoseville Park-Several cars were trapped in flood waters around Red Mile road and Capital trail.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindRoseville Park-A severe thunderstorm knocked down a few trees along Polly Drummond Hill Road in Pike Creek (Mill Creek Hundred).
June 2008HailRoseville Park-A severe thunderstorm dropped quarter size hail east of Newark in New Castle County.

Every storm recorded in New Castle 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
Red Mills Farms0.0 miles32
Delaplane Manor0.3 miles32
Sycamore Gardens0.4 miles32
Windy Mill Park0.6 miles32
Old Mill Manor0.7 miles32
Windy Hills0.7 miles32
Newkirk Estates0.8 miles32
Birch Pointe0.9 miles32

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 Q122551414The 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 214563. 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.