Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
“West Potato House was a historic potato house located near Delmar, Sussex County, Delaware. It was one of the last surviving examples of its building type.”
Wikipedia article West Potato House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 136 National Register listings published here for Sussex County · listed in 1990 · 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 9 fires within 5 miles of West Potato House between 2005 and 2019, burning about 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 25 July 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | BANKS FIRE |
| 3 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 23 June 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 17 April 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Delaware Forest Service | not named |
| 15 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 14 March 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 11 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of West Potato House: 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elliot Farm Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Mine Hill Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Delmar, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2012 | Lightning | Delmar | $300,000 | A lightning strike and ensuing fire caused extensive damage to a home on Eagle Run Lane in Delmar. No injuries were reported. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delmar | - | County 911 call center reports tree limbs down on East Grove Street in Delmar. Time estimated from radar. |
| August 2022 | Heavy Rain | Delmar | - | CoCoRaHS station DE-SS-62 0.1 miles west-southwest of Delmar. |
| July 2016 | Heavy Rain | Delmar | - | An inch and a half of rain within 90 minutes from thunderstorms. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Delmar | - | Penny size hail fell in Delmar. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delmar | - | Severe thunderstorms across the southern tier of Sussex County tore down a few trees, tree limbs and wires from Delmar east to Millville. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Delmar | - | no account filed |
| November 2006 | Heavy Rain | Delmar | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Delmar | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Delmar | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delmar | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delmar | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Delmar | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Highball Signal | 1.7 miles | 1973 |
 | Stanley Potato House | 3.0 miles | 1990 |
| Collins Potato House | 3.7 miles | 1990 | |
| Wright Potato House | 4.2 miles | 1990 | |
| Moore Potato House | 4.8 miles | 1990 | |
 | Laurel Historic District | 5.2 miles | 1988 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 90001701 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Sussex County | All 136 listed properties in this county. |
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