BlockDelhi, Georgia
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Tignall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30668. The Survey maps it on the Broad quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1906 USGS Crawfordville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Broad quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Clark Hill Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
100 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Delhi between 1992 and 2019, burning about 711 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 5 were 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 | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 36 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Natural | 4.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-WILKES-002 |
| 26 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-WILKES-002 |
| 20 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Delhi: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Granite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pink Pearl Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| Silver Pearl Quarry | Granite | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Delhi in 2 storm reports in 2010: 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delhi | $5,000 | The Wilkes County Emergency Management Director reported that four trees were blown down and part of a tin roof on a barn was lifted up by strong thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Delhi | - | The public observed half-dollar-sized hail near Delhi, northeast of Tignall. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broad | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Danburg | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Dyson (historical) | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Sandy Hill | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Tignall | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Norman | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Sandtown | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Floral Hill | 6.1 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 355477. 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.