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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 17 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.
- 1891 USGS Apishapa quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Apishapa quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Apishapa quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Delhi quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Walsenburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Delhi quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Delhi quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 2005Regional 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/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2005 | Natural | 995 acres | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | PLUM CANYON |
| 11 August 2019 | Natural | 12 acres | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | DELHI |
| 31 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Las Animas County | DELHI 350 |
| 16 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | MODEL |
| 16 May 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | 350 I |
| 17 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hoehne Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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.
Storms near this place
8 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2021 | Heavy Rain | Delhi | - | Heavy rainfall of 2.17 inches. |
| August 2020 | Heavy Rain | Delhi | - | Heavy rainfall of 1.98 inches. Red Rock Canyon Creek. |
| August 2020 | Heavy Rain | Delhi | - | Heavy rainfall of 1.94 inches. Upper Red Rock Canyon. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Delhi | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delhi | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Delhi | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Delhi | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Delhi | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houghton | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Simpson | 12.7 miles | 16 | |
| Tyrone | 16.4 miles | 16 | |
| Model | 22.2 miles | 17 | |
| Earl | 25.4 miles | 16 | |
| Patterson Crossing | 31.0 miles | 15 | |
| Hoehne | 31.5 miles | 15 | |
| Walts Corner | 33.5 miles | 16 |
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 Delhi | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5253722 | 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 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.











