Stones Throw, Delaware

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Glasgow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19702. It lies near Iron Hill. The Survey maps it on the Newark East quadrangle.

Stones Throw within New Castle County

On record in Stones Throw

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 4 records

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

Cooch's Bridge Historic District (Boundary Decrease)listed 1999 · 0.5 miles away
Iron Hill School No. 112Clisted 1995 · 0.8 miles away
Cooch's Bridge Historic Districtlisted 1973 · 0.8 miles away
African Union Church and Cemetery of Iron Hilllisted 2021 · 1.0 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 32 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
1953 USGS Newark East quadrangle1:24000, 4 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
1993 USGS Newark East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

12 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Stones Throw between 2005 and 2019, burning about 38 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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	5
Recreation and ceremony	4
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Debris and open burning	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
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
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
26 March 2006	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service	not named
21 March 2008	Arson/incendiarism	1.2 acres	Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service	not named
11 March 2014	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service	not named
1 March 2008	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	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

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Stones Throw: 7 past producers, 4 producers. 4 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
Route 40 Farm	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Whittington Sand & Gravel Pit & Mil	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Whittington Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Woodlawn Sand & Gravel 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
Pencader Village	0.4 miles	32
Iron Hill	0.6 miles	38
Four Seasons Park	0.9 miles	32
Four Seasons	1.1 miles	38
Catalina Gardens	1.2 miles	32
Yorkshire	1.3 miles	32
Cottage Mill	1.4 miles	38
Robscott Manor	1.5 miles	32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 215985. 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.