Stockley, Delaware
22 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. It stands on Alms House Ditch. The Survey maps it on the Harbeson quadrangle. It stands 39 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 22 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 Harbeson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Millsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Harbeson quadrangle1:24000, 4 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 Harbeson quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
16 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Stockley between 2012 and 2020, burning about 29 acres in total. 1 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 | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2015 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Delaware Forest Service | SMOKE FIRE |
| 3 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Delaware Forest Service | DEEP FIRE |
| 31 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Delaware Forest Service | SNAG FIRE |
| 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 |
| 6 July 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Delaware Forest Service | not named |
| 19 July 2012 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Delaware Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
17 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stockley in 17 storm reports between 2013 and 2026: 12 heavy rain, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stockley | - | Peterkins Road is closed from Evergreen Drive to Haven Drive due to trees and wires down in the road. Time estimated from radar. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stockley | - | Power poles and wires were downed near Morris Mill Rd. Time estimated from radar. |
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Stockley | - | There was roadway flooding and a number of road closures in and around Georgetown, including Kruger Road between US Route 113 and Breasure Road. |
| July 2017 | Heavy Rain | Stockley | - | Just over three inches of rain fell at this DEOS site. |
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | Stockley | - | Just over nine inches of rain fell. |
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | Stockley | - | Six inches of rain fell. |
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | Stockley | - | Six inches of rain fell. |
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | Stockley | - | Just over six inches of rain fell. |
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | Stockley | - | Just over six inches of rain fell. |
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | Stockley | - | Six and a half inches of rain fell. |
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | Stockley | - | Six and a half inches of rain fell. |
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | Stockley | - | Just under seven inches of rain fell. |
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | Stockley | - | Just over eight inches of rain fell. |
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | Stockley | - | Five and three quarters inches of rain fell. |
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | Stockley | - | Five and three quarters of an inch of rain fell. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stockley | - | A severe thunderstorm knocked down a tree and large tree limbs along Morris Mill Road in Millsboro. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Stockley | - | Thunderstorms with heavy rain caused flash flooding of roadways and small streams from Dagsboro northwestward toward Georgetown. High water was reported on Hardscrabble Road (Delaware State Route 20), Shortly Road, Kendall Street and Laurel Road (Delaware State Route 24). Event precipitation totals included 4.20 inches in Stockley and 3.70 inches in Georgetown. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morris Mill | 1.2 miles | 22 | |
| Piney Grove Manor | 1.6 miles | 22 | |
| Wood Branch | 2.1 miles | 22 | |
| Zoar | 2.3 miles | 22 | |
| Gran-ville | 2.3 miles | 22 | |
| Mount Joy | 2.4 miles | 22 | |
| Kawan Acres | 2.5 miles | 22 | |
| Piney Grove | 2.6 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 Stockley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7618119 | 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 216228. 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.












