Sandtown, Delaware
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Central Kent census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19943. It stands on Meredith Branch. The Survey maps it on the Marydel quadrangle. It stands 59 feet above sea level.
On record in Sandtown
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 2 records
Cow Marsh Old School Baptist Churchlisted 1976
White-Warren Tenant Houselisted 2001
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 28 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1899 USGS Dover quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1906 USGS Dover quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1920 USGS Dover quadrangle1:125000
- 1926 USGS Wyoming quadrangle1:48000
- 1930 USGS Wyoming quadrangle1:62500
- 1931 USGS Wyoming quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Marydel quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1972 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Dover quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Marydel quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
23 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Sandtown between 1999 and 2020, burning about 29 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.7 acres | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | STALLINGS |
| 12 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 24 June 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sandtown: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clough and Caulk Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| L.D. Caulk Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sandtown in 6 storm reports between 2005 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandtown | $50,000 | A gust front outrunning a cluster of severe thunderstorms entered near Sandtown in western Kent County at approximately 11:57 pm EDT on the 29th. This gust front produced damaging wind gusts estimated between 65 mph to 70 mph as it traversed eastward across the county. Within approximately 20 minutes of the gust front passage, a potent line of severe thunderstorms tracked eastward through Kent County, producing another round of destructive wind gusts, estimated from 65 mph to 70 mph. Large tree limbs were reported down across the county, including in Felton and Dover. In addition, several downed trees and an estimated wind gust to 70 mph were reported in Harrington. Severe thunderstorms exited eastern Kent County, including the town of Bowers, at approximately 1:10 am EDT on the 30th. |
| August 2020 | Flash Flood | Sandtown | - | A water rescue took place near the intersection of Mud Mill Road and Heron Circle in Marydel. |
| August 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Sandtown | - | The tornado touched down in the vicinity of Road 258 south of |Sandtown Road, then tracked across a section of mostly open fields|but damaged some trees along the way. It then tracked down the |western portion of Sandtown Road closer to Route 10 damaging |several homes and snapping and uprooting several trees. A home had|some windows blown out along with roof damage, another home had |its roof blown off and there was a large garage that had its back |sheet metal wall torn off. The tornado crossed Route 10 near the |intersection with Sandtown Road and moved across the Sandtown |Landfill facility where additional trees were uprooted or snapped,|two front-end loaders had windows blown out and some truck |trailers were flipped over. The tornado exited the landfill and |may have dissipated before reaching the Maryland-Delaware state |line. Doppler radar data showed rotation and a notable tornado |debris signature near and just northwest of Sandtown as debris was|tossed into the air. |
| May 2018 | Flood | Sandtown | - | The Greensboro gage along the Choptank River exceeded flood stage, due to 3 to 5 inches of rainfall over three days. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandtown | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust of 58 mph in Sandtown. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandtown | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lords Corner | 1.3 miles | 28 | |
| Mahan | 2.2 miles | 28 | |
| Choptank Mills | 2.5 miles | 28 | |
| Edwardsville | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Schultie Crossroads | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Greens Corner | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Petersburg | 3.9 miles | 28 | |
| Smith Crossroads | 4.3 miles | 28 |
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 Sandtown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7416983 | The 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 216203. 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.














