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Schoolview, Delaware

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Dover census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19901. It stands on Puncheon Run. The Survey maps it on the Dover quadrangle.

Schoolview within Kent County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 29 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

10 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Schoolview between 2002 and 2014, burning about 204 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning1

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
23 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBombay Hook National Wildlife RefugeSTEAM FIRE
4 June 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDelaware State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
3 June 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDelaware State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
13 May 2014Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresDelaware Forest Servicenot named
6 April 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreDelaware State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
14 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresDelaware State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
1 March 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDelaware State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
19 February 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDelaware State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kent County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Schoolview: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dover Equip. Co. Dredge No. 7Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
George Nashold Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
George Nashold Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
St Jones River Gravel Co Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Tarburton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Tarburton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Kent 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
The Beeches0.7 miles29
Oak Grove0.7 miles33
Capitol Green0.8 miles29
Edgehill Acres0.8 miles29
Capitol Park0.9 miles29
Laffertys Corner0.9 miles33
Goldsboro0.9 miles29
Edgehill1.0 miles29

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 Q122572213The 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 217437. 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.