BlockSea Spray Village, Delaware
31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Milton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19958. It stands on Goslee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fairmount quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 31 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.
- 1918 USGS Rehoboth quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1938 USGS Rehoboth quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Fairmount quadrangle1:24000
- 1944 USGS Rehoboth quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Fairmount quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Fairmount quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Fairmount quadrangle1:25000
- 1984 USGS Fairmount quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Seaford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Sea Spray Village between 1992 and 2017, burning about 69 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 5 July 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge | UNITIINO4 |
| 13 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge | FIELD 2 03 |
| 11 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge | UNIT2-9202 |
| 27 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Delaware Forest Service | not named |
| 20 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Delaware Forest Service | COASTAL |
| 11 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge | UNIT2-9201 |
| 1 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge | UNIT II 00 |
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 Sea Spray Village: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Magnesite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Mill Farms | 0.7 miles | 31 | |
| Jimtown | 0.8 miles | 31 | |
| Shady Side | 0.9 miles | 27 | |
| Mallard Point | 0.9 miles | 31 | |
| Edgewater | 1.0 miles | 27 | |
| Nassau | 1.0 miles | 27 | |
| Belltown | 1.2 miles | 31 | |
| Mill Pond Acres | 1.2 miles | 27 |
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 Q122543895 | 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 215470. 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.