BlockStaytonville, Delaware
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Bridgeville-Greenwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19950. The Survey maps it on the Greenwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1918 USGS Harrington quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Harrington quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Seaford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Staytonville between 2002 and 2019, burning about 8 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 5 September 2016 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Delaware Forest Service | FLEATOWN |
| 10 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 3 June 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 22 May 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 2 May 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 20 April 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 12 April 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Delaware Forest Service | CONCORD FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Staytonville in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Staytonville | - | Tree limbs and wires were downed near Staytonville Rd east of Farmington. Time estimated from radar. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Staytonville | - | A tree was downed onto wires near Teatown Rd south of Houston. Time estimated from radar. |
| March 2017 | Flood | Staytonville | - | Flooding due to heavy rain just north of Staytonville. |
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Staytonville | - | Nearly stationary thunderstorms with heavy rain caused considerable roadway and field flooding as well as flooding of smaller streams in the western half of Sussex County. In Greenwood, an overflowing drainage ditch brought flood waters into backyards and under homes. Considerable field flooding was reported along U.S. Route 13 between Harrington (Kent County) and Seaford. Event precipitation totals included 3.56 inches in Delmar. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owens | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Oakley | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Abbotts Mill | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Freeman Corner | 4.2 miles | 21 | |
| Farm View Park | 4.2 miles | 21 | |
| Hudson Pond Acres | 4.2 miles | 20 | |
| Saint Johnstown | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Hickory Ridge | 4.3 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 Staytonville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q63874821 | 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 216227. 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.