Silver Brook, Delaware

38 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Newark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19713. It stands on West Branch Christina River. The Survey maps it on the Newark West quadrangle.

Silver Brook within New Castle County

On record in Silver Brook

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 within a mile 5 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Welsh Tract Baptist Churchlisted 1973 · 0.4 miles away
Andrew Fisher Houselisted 1973 · 0.7 miles away
Charles and Edith Liedlich Houselisted 2006 · 0.8 miles away
Edward R. Wilson Houselisted 1983 · 0.9 miles away
Newark Passenger Stationlisted 1982 · 1.0 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 38 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.

1898 USGS Elkton quadrangle1:62500
1900 USGS Elkton quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
1917 USGS Elkton quadrangle1:62500
1942 USGS Elkton quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1946 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1953 USGS Newark West quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
1955 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000
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 Wilmington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1992 USGS Newark West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

24 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Silver Brook between 2005 and 2020, burning about 44 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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	10
Recreation and ceremony	6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Debris and open burning	2
Smoking	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
8 September 2014	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service	not named
12 September 2014	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service	not named
23 June 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
2 April 2008	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service	not named
12 April 2006	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service	not named
8 March 2020	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service	TELEGRAPH ROAD
5 March 2006	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service	not named
29 March 2006	Arson/incendiarism	1.6 acres	Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in New Castle County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Silver Brook: 5 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Chestnut Hill Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Elk Mills Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer	Metamorphic
Elk Mills Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Iron Hill Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Freeway Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Freeway Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Whittington Sand & Gravel Pit & Mil	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Whittington Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in New Castle 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Cottage Mill	0.2 miles	38
Robscott Manor	0.4 miles	32
Catalina Gardens	0.6 miles	32
Arbour Park	0.6 miles	38
Yorkshire	0.7 miles	32
Wilson	0.9 miles	32
Devon	1.0 miles	38
Summit View	1.1 miles	38

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 217557. 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.