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Delhi, Colorado

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Model census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81059. The Survey maps it on the Delhi quadrangle. It stands 5,085 feet above sea level.

Delhi within Las Animas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

6 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Delhi between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,018 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined3
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
28 September 2005Natural995 acresPike and San Isabel National ForestPLUM CANYON
11 August 2019Natural12 acresPike and San Isabel National ForestDELHI
31 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresLas Animas CountyDELHI 350
16 May 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersMODEL
16 May 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePike and San Isabel National Forest350 I
17 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHoehne Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Las Animas County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Delhi: 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnkClayUnknown
UnkClayUnknown
UnknownClayOccurrenceSedimentary

Every working recorded in Las Animas County

Storms near this place

8 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Delhi in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 4 hail, 3 heavy rain, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2021Heavy RainDelhi-Heavy rainfall of 2.17 inches.
August 2020Heavy RainDelhi-Heavy rainfall of 1.98 inches. Red Rock Canyon Creek.
August 2020Heavy RainDelhi-Heavy rainfall of 1.94 inches. Upper Red Rock Canyon.
July 2023HailDelhi-no account filed
July 2012Thunderstorm WindDelhi-no account filed
July 2012HailDelhi-no account filed
August 2009HailDelhi-no account filed
July 1996HailDelhi-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Las Animas County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Houghton3.9 miles16
Simpson12.7 miles16
Tyrone16.4 miles16
Model22.2 miles17
Earl25.4 miles16
Patterson Crossing31.0 miles15
Hoehne31.5 miles15
Walts Corner33.5 miles16

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 DelhiAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5253722The 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 194348. 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.