South Wilmington, Delaware

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Wilmington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19801. It stands on Brandywine Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wilmington South quadrangle.

South Wilmington within New Castle County

On record in South Wilmington

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 12 of 33 shown

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

Fort ChristinaNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966 · 0.6 miles away
Holy TrinityNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966 · 0.7 miles away
St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Churchlisted 2021 · 0.1 miles away
Wilmington Rail Viaductlisted 1999 · 0.6 miles away
Wilmington Amtrak Stationlisted 1976 · 0.6 miles away
Old Asbury Methodist Churchlisted 1976 · 0.7 miles away
St. Mary's Schoollisted 1983 · 0.7 miles away
St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Churchlisted 1976 · 0.7 miles away
Church Street Historic Districtlisted 1987 · 0.7 miles away
Philips-Thompson Buildingslisted 1980 · 0.8 miles away
Lower Market Street Historic Districtlisted 1980 · 0.8 miles away
Lower Market Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)listed 1985 · 0.9 miles away

Every listing in New Castle County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 33 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.

1904 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500
1906 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
1919 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1946 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1948 USGS Wilmington South quadrangle1:24000, 2 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
1967 USGS Wilmington South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1972 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1984 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1993 USGS Wilmington South quadrangle1:24000
1997 USGS Wilmington South quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

5 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of South Wilmington between 1998 and 2017, burning about 2 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/undetermined	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
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
19 April 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	New Jersey Forest Fire Service	not named
19 April 2014	Other causes	under an acre	New Jersey Forest Fire Service	not named
18 December 1998	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	New Jersey Forest Fire Service	not named
20 November 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
10 November 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in New Castle 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 South Wilmington: 4 plants, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Chromium, Titanium, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
American Minerals/ Wilmington, De.	Chromium	Past Producer
Edgemoor Plant Ti	Titanium, Pigment	Plant	1956
New Castle Plant C-E Minerals	Aluminum	Plant
Wilmington Plant Dupont	Titanium	Plant
Wilmington Plantozark-Mahoning	Fluorine-Fluorite	Plant
Winzinger Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past 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
Middleboro East	0.5 miles	33
Eden Park Gardens	0.6 miles	33
Hamilton Park	0.8 miles	33
Millside	0.9 miles	33
Wilmington	1.2 miles	33
Hazeldell	1.2 miles	33
Rogers Corners	1.3 miles	33
Landlith	1.3 miles	33

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 217607. 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.