BlockThe Reservation, Delaware
31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Selbyville-Frankford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19970. It stands on White Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bethany Beach quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 31 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.
- 1918 USGS Rehoboth quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1938 USGS Rehoboth quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Bethany Beach quadrangle1:24000
- 1944 USGS Rehoboth quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Bethany Beach quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Bethany Beach quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Bethany Beach quadrangle1:25000
- 1984 USGS Bethany Beach quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Seaford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of The Reservation between 2002 and 2015, burning about 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 May 2015 | Smoking | 16 acres | Delaware Forest Service | SAVAGES FIRE |
| 6 March 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 1 March 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holly Ridge | 0.4 miles | 31 | |
| Bayside Hamlet | 0.5 miles | 31 | |
| Steele Acres | 0.6 miles | 31 | |
| Piney Point | 0.8 miles | 31 | |
| Murray Estates | 0.8 miles | 31 | |
| Murry Landing | 0.8 miles | 31 | |
| Cedar Shores | 0.8 miles | 31 | |
| Newtons Acres | 0.8 miles | 31 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 216500. 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.