Yorklyn, Delaware
33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Piedmont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19707. It lies near Horseshoe Hill. The Survey maps it on the Kennett Square quadrangle. It stands 174 feet above sea level.
On record in Yorklyn
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 4 records
Auburn Mills Historic Districtlisted 1980
Garrett Snuff Milllisted 1978
Garrett Snuff Mills Historic Districtlisted 1980
Graves Mill Historic Districtlisted 1979
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 33 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.
- 1901 USGS West Chester quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS West Chester quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1943 USGS West Chester quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Kennett Square quadrangle1:24000, 6 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
- 1972 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Kennett Square quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Yorklyn between 2003 and 2018, burning about 6 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 August 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 17 July 2011 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Pennsylvania Division of Forest Fire Protection | WOODWARD FIRE |
| 23 June 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 29 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Pennsylvania Division of Forest Fire Protection | not named |
| 19 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 27 February 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pennsylvania Division of Forest Fire Protection | STRIKER |
| 13 November 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Yorklyn: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairville Mica Occurrence | Mica | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yorklyn in 3 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Yorklyn | - | Flash flooding was reported in Hockessin Park. |
| August 2020 | Flash Flood | Yorklyn | - | A home in Yorklyn was taking on water. A section of Yorklyn Road was washed away by flood waters. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorklyn | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yorklyn Ridge | 0.5 miles | 33 | |
| Auburn | 0.7 miles | 33 | |
| Horseshoe Hill | 0.7 miles | 33 | |
| Larchmont | 0.7 miles | 33 | |
| Valley View | 0.8 miles | 33 | |
| Montgomery Woods | 0.8 miles | 33 | |
| Auburn Hills | 1.0 miles | 33 | |
| Skyline Orchard | 1.1 miles | 33 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Yorklyn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8055649 | 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 216260. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.











