BlockShortly, Delaware
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Millsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19947. The Survey maps it on the Trap Pond quadrangle. It stands 46 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 19 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.
- 1917 USGS Millsboro quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Millsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Millsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Trap Pond quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Trap Pond quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Seaford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Trap Pond quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Shortly between 2005 and 2015, burning about 174 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 August 2015 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Delaware Forest Service | GODWIN FIRE |
| 7 July 2012 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Delaware Forest Service | not named |
| 6 July 2012 | Fireworks | 2.0 acres | Delaware Forest Service | not named |
| 9 April 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Delaware Forest Service | not named |
| 13 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 acres | Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge | MILLSBORO FIRE |
| 27 October 2012 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Delaware Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shortly in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2016: 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2016 | Flash Flood | Shortly | - | Over five inches of rain fell most in short duration. Long drain road was flooded as a result near cross keys road. |
| September 2012 | Flash Flood | Shortly | - | Thunderstorms with torrential downpours caused flash flooding of fields, yards, poor drainage locations and small streams centered around Dagsboro Hundred. Actual rainfall amounts included 3.54 inches in Stockley and 2.95 inches in Jones Crossroads. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryans Store | 1.3 miles | 19 | |
| Piney Grove | 1.7 miles | 19 | |
| Woodcrest Estates | 2.1 miles | 19 | |
| Jones Crossroads | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Piney Grove Manor | 2.8 miles | 22 | |
| Cross Keys | 3.2 miles | 20 | |
| Lakeview Estates | 3.5 miles | 20 | |
| Pusey Crossroads | 3.5 miles | 19 |
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 Shortly | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7502203 | 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 216215. 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.
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.