Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
“James Episcopal Church, Mill Creek, also known as St. James Church, Stanton, is an historic Episcopal church located at 2106 St.”
Wikipedia article St. James Episcopal Church, Mill Creek, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 411 National Register listings published here for New Castle County · listed in 1973 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of St. James Church between 2003 and 2005, burning about 12 acres in total. 1 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 | 24 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 22 August 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 23 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 23 June 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 8 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 5 May 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 21 May 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 26 April 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stanton, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 2 flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Stanton | - | Tree damage was noted starting in Weer Circle. Along Old Capitol Trail, a small tree was snapped at the trunk, and additional tree damage was noted near a commercial building between Old Capitol Trail and Kirkwood Highway. When it was in the area of Kirkwood Highway, there were multiple witnesses of the tornado. A business at a strip mall along Kirkwood Highway lost a portion of the roof. The tornado continued along a path towards the intersection of Farrand Drive and Hammond Place where there was damage to a free standing light pole. Additional damage, primarily uprooted trees was noted in the Sherwood Park development. The last observed damage was noted near West Robino Drive. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Stanton | - | Dime size hail reported in Stanton. |
| February 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stanton | - | A tree was downed into a house on Redwood Ave. Time estimated from radar. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stanton | - | Several reports of downed power lines were received from the Stanton and Marshalltown areas. Time estimated from radar. |
| August 2020 | Flash Flood | Stanton | - | A section of DE Route 4 westbound in the Stanton area was washed away by flood waters. |
| August 2020 | Flash Flood | Stanton | - | Moderate flooding occurred along the Red Clay Creek in the Stanton area. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Stanton | - | Red Clay creek at Stanton rose nine and a half feet in three and a half hours. |
| July 2017 | Heavy Rain | Stanton | - | Two inches of fell with almost all of it in a three hour period. |
| September 2016 | Flood | Stanton | - | The Christina River rose Friday morning to 10.6 feet, .1 feet above flood stage. Water covered a section of nearby Airport Road for a time. A car was stuck in the water while it was flooded as well. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Stanton | - | Thunderstorms with very heavy rain caused urban, small stream and poor drainage flash flooding in northeastern New Castle County from around Bear northeast through Claymont. Poor drainage flooding occurred on U.S. Route 13 north of Rogers Road in Wilmington. Doppler Radar storm total estimates reached 2 to 4 inches in this area. Actual rainfall amounts included 2.32 inches in Wilmington and 1.72 inches at the New Castle County Airport. |
| October 2013 | Flood | Stanton | - | The runoff from the heavy rain that fell early on the 11th caused minor flooding along the Red Clay Creek Basin on the morning and afternoon of the 11th. The heavy rain also caused poor drainage flooding in and around Newark and Middletown. The Red Clay Creek at Wooddale was above its 7 foot flood stage from 832 a.m. EDT through 1023 a.m. EDT on the 11th. It crested at 7.15 feet at 915 a.m. EDT on the 11th. Farther downstream, the Red Clay Creek at Stanton was above its 15 foot flood stage from 916 a.m. EDT through 1239 p.m. EDT on the 11th. It crested at 15.30 feet at 1030 a.m. EDT on the 11th. Event precipitation totals included 2.90 inches in Blackbird, 1.98 inches in Newark and 1.50 inches at the New Castle County Airport. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stanton | - | A severe thunderstorm knocked down some tree limbs and wires in and around Stanton. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stanton | - | A severe thunderstorm tore down power lines and large tree limbs in Stanton in Mill Creek Hundred. |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Montgomery House | 0.9 miles | 1988 |
 | Thomas Justis House | 1.1 miles | 1993 |
 | Springer-Cranston House | 1.3 miles | 1994 |
 | Hale-Byrnes House | 1.4 miles | 1972 |
 | Hickman Blacksmith Shop and House | 1.4 miles | 1994 |
 | Marshallton United Methodist Church | 1.4 miles | 1987 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 73000543 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| New Castle County | All 411 listed properties in this county. |
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