BlockWhaleys Crossroads, Delaware
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Laurel-Delmar census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19956. It stands on Terrapin Pond. The Survey maps it on the Trap Pond quadrangle. It stands 46 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 19 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.
- 1917 USGS Millsboro quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Millsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Millsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Trap Pond quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Trap Pond quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Seaford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Trap Pond quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Whaleys Crossroads in 2005, burning about 160 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/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 acres | Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge | MILLSBORO 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pepper | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| Pepperbox | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Lowes Crossroads | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Pusey Crossroads | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Lowe | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Hitchens Crossroads | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Ward | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| Smith Hill | 4.2 miles | 19 |
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 Q7990555 | The 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 216247. 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.