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Saint George, Delaware

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Laurel-Delmar census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19940. It stands on Gill Branch. The Survey maps it on the Delmar quadrangle.

Saint George within Sussex County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

4 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Saint George between 2006 and 2019, burning about 15 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1
Debris and open burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
3 August 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMaryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Servicenot named
23 June 2007Equipment and vehicle use12 acresMaryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Servicenot named
17 April 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresDelaware Forest Servicenot named
4 November 2019Debris and open burning1.2 acresMaryland Department of Natural Resources Forest ServiceGOAT FIRE

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 Saint George: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Elliot Farm ProspectIronProspect
Mine Hill MineIronPast 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Bacons1.0 miles20
Records Estates1.0 miles20
Little Acres1.3 miles19
Dogwood Acres2.5 miles20
Ralphs2.7 miles19
Westerlee2.8 miles19
Delmar3.0 miles19
Hearns Crossroads3.0 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 216201. 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.