BlockWashington Heights, 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 19971. It stands on Stockley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rehoboth Beach quadrangle.
On record in Washington Heights
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Dodd Homesteadlisted 1982 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 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
- 1944 USGS Rehoboth quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Rehoboth Beach quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rehoboth Beach quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Rehoboth Beach quadrangle1:25000
- 1984 USGS Rehoboth Beach quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Seaford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Washington Heights between 2016 and 2020, 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 |
|---|---|
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Delaware Forest Service | COASTAL |
| 19 November 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Delaware Forest Service | ARROWHEAD FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Mar Estates | 0.2 miles | 31 | |
| Shockley Heights | 0.2 miles | 31 | |
| West Rehoboth | 0.3 miles | 31 | |
| Shockley Manor | 0.4 miles | 31 | |
| Rehoboth Manor | 0.5 miles | 31 | |
| Bald Eagle Village | 0.5 miles | 31 | |
| Bay Harbor | 0.5 miles | 31 | |
| Truitts Park | 0.5 miles | 31 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 217007. 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.