Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
“Alexander Laws House is a historic home located at Leipsic, Kent County, Delaware. It is a gable roofed frame structure with rear wings.”
Wikipedia article Alexander Laws House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 136 National Register listings published here for Kent County · listed in 1983 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Alexander Laws House between 1994 and 2007, burning about 102 acres in total. None 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 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge | STEAM FIRE |
| 20 June 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge | ENTRANCE |
| 31 March 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 95 acres | Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge | SHEPRNEGUT |
| 18 March 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge | MISERY |
| 1 March 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Alexander Laws House: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarburton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Tarburton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leipsic, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 2002 and 2017: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 tornado. 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 2017 | Flood | Leipsic | - | Water on DE-9 near DE-42. |
| October 2009 | Flood | Leipsic | - | Two days of heavy rain caused field and roadway flooding along the Delaware State Route 9 corridor between Little Creek and Leipsic. Cornfields in the area were flooded. About 1 foot of water accumulated on Delaware State Route 9 with the heaviest flooding reported near the Little Creek Wildlife Area and the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge. Event precipitation totals included 2.97 inches in Felton, 2.86 inches in Dover, 2.79 inches in Marydel and 2.14 inches in Smyrna. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leipsic | - | A severe thunderstorm tore down large tree limbs and wires in central Kent County in and around Dover. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leipsic | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Leipsic | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leipsic | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Sipple House | under 500 feet | 1982 |
| MAGGIE S. MYERS (schooner) | 0.1 miles | 1983 | |
 | Ruth Mansion House | 0.1 miles | 1973 |
 | Fennimore Store | 0.1 miles | 1982 |
 | Rawley House | 0.1 miles | 1983 |
| KATHERINE M. LEE (Schooner) | 0.2 miles | 1983 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 83001377 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Kent County | All 136 listed properties in this county. |
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