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The Beeches, Delaware

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Dover census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19901. It stands on Puncheon Run. The Survey maps it on the Dover quadrangle.

The Beeches within Kent County

On record in The Beeches

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 8 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 29 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

9 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of The Beeches between 2002 and 2014, burning about 4 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/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning1

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
23 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBombay Hook National Wildlife RefugeSTEAM FIRE
4 June 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDelaware State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
3 June 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDelaware State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
13 May 2014Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresDelaware Forest Servicenot named
6 April 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreDelaware State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
14 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresDelaware State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
1 March 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDelaware State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
19 February 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDelaware State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kent 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 The Beeches: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Dover Equip. Co. Dredge No. 7Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
George Nashold Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
George Nashold Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
St Jones River Gravel Co Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Tarburton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Tarburton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Kent 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
Morris Estates0.4 miles29
Capitol Green0.4 miles29
Goldsboro0.6 miles29
Schoolview0.7 miles29
Capitol Park0.7 miles29
Sherwood0.8 miles29
Dover0.8 miles29
Coopers Corner0.9 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2400420. 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.