Wycliff, Delaware
44 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Brandywine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19809. It stands on Perkins Run. The Survey maps it on the Marcus Hook quadrangle.
On record in Wycliff
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 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Mount Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonagelisted 1998 · 0.7 miles away
Holly Oaklisted 2017 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
18 surveys from 44 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.
- 1894 USGS Chester quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1896 USGS Chester quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Chester quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1901 USGS Camden quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1941 USGS Marcus Hook quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Camden quadrangle1:125000
- 1946 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Marcus Hook quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Marcus Hook quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1967 USGS Marcus Hook quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1972 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Marcus Hook quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Marcus Hook quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Wycliff between 2003 and 2014, burning about 472 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 | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 acres | Pennsylvania Division of Forest Fire Protection | not named |
| 19 April 2014 | Other causes | under an acre | New Jersey Forest Fire Service | not named |
| 19 December 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 470 acres | New Jersey Forest Fire Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Wycliff: 4 plants, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Titanium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Titanium, Pigment. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Minerals/ Wilmington, De. | Chromium | Past Producer | ||
| Edgemoor Plant Ti | Titanium, Pigment | Plant | 1956 | |
| Phoenix Steel/ Claymont, De. | Iron | Plant | ||
| Wilmington Plant Dupont | Titanium | Plant | ||
| Wilmington Plantozark-Mahoning | Fluorine-Fluorite | Plant | ||
| Winzinger Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodside Hills | 0.1 miles | 44 | |
| Penrock | 0.3 miles | 44 | |
| Silverside | 0.3 miles | 44 | |
| Wembly | 0.3 miles | 44 | |
| Green Acres | 0.3 miles | 44 | |
| Holly Oak Terrace | 0.4 miles | 44 | |
| Brandywine Estates | 0.4 miles | 44 | |
| Hillendale | 0.6 miles | 44 |
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 Q122541806 | 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 215811. 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.

















