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Susan Beach Corner, Delaware

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Laurel-Delmar census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19940. The Survey maps it on the Hebron quadrangle.

Susan Beach Corner within Sussex County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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.

Fires near this place

25 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Susan Beach Corner between 2005 and 2018, burning about 56 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Debris and open burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMaryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Servicenot named
29 June 2011Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMaryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Servicenot named
23 June 2007Equipment and vehicle use12 acresMaryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Servicenot named
18 June 2007Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresMaryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Servicenot named
14 June 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMaryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Servicenot named
31 May 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMaryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Servicenot named
28 April 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMaryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Servicenot named
21 April 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreMaryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sussex County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Susan Beach Corner: 1 producer, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Howard Sand and Gravel, IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Elliot Farm ProspectIronProspect
Mine Hill MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sussex 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Packing House Corner1.1 miles18
Ralphs2.4 miles19
Columbia2.4 miles18
Westerlee3.5 miles19
Delmar4.1 miles19
Saint George4.2 miles19
Records Estates4.8 miles20
Tussock Pond5.0 miles19

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.

Wikidata item Q122588913The 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 217178. 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.