The Plantations, Delaware

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Lewes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19958. It stands on Goslee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fairmount quadrangle.

The Plantations within Sussex County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 31 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.

1918 USGS Rehoboth quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
1938 USGS Rehoboth quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1943 USGS Fairmount quadrangle1:24000
1944 USGS Rehoboth quadrangle1:62500
1946 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1947 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
1948 USGS Fairmount quadrangle1:24000
1948 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Fairmount quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Fairmount quadrangle1:25000
1984 USGS Fairmount quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1984 USGS Seaford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

7 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of The Plantations between 1992 and 2017, burning about 37 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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	4
Other causes	1
Debris and open burning	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
11 May 1992	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge	UNIT2-9202
20 April 2016	Debris and open burning	16 acres	Delaware Forest Service	COASTAL
11 April 1992	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge	UNIT2-9201
1 April 1995	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge	UNIT II 00
25 March 1995	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge	FIELD 203
25 December 2017	Other causes	16 acres	Delaware Forest Service	SLAUGHTER BEACH
16 November 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge	UNIT29301

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sussex County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of The Plantations: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Magnesite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Barcroft	Magnesite	Producer	1972
	Lewes Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Midway Estates	0.3 miles	31
Sandy Brae	0.8 miles	31
Carpenters Corner	0.9 miles	31
Midway Park	1.1 miles	31
Five Points	1.2 miles	31
Belltown	1.2 miles	31
Wescoats Corner	1.3 miles	27
McNichol Place	1.3 miles	27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 216516. 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.