Delph, Georgia

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Appling census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30802. It stands on Kelly Branch. The Survey maps it on the Appling quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Delph within Columbia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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.

1892 USGS Mc Cormick quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1912 USGS Mc Cormick quadrangle1:125000
1921 USGS Appling quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1943 USGS Appling quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Appling quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Clark Hill Lake quadrangle1:100000
1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

84 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Delph (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 362 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 8 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	45
Natural	9
Arson/incendiarism	8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Recreation and ceremony	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Smoking	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
9 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2014	Natural	32 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2015-COLUMBIA-002
30 September 2003	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
21 September 1997	Natural	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 2001	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2002-COLUMBIA-002
12 September 2001	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2002-COLUMBIA-001
4 August 2008	Natural	32 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
31 August 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Delph (historical): 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Magnesite, Chromium. 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
	Dogwood Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
	The Dixie Mountain Serpentine Dep	Magnesite, Chromium	Past Producer	Surface

Every working recorded in Columbia 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Kiokee	2.2 miles	24
Windmill Plantation	2.4 miles	24
Lake Cumberland West	2.9 miles	24
Rosemont	3.2 miles	24
Maddox	3.5 miles	20
Pollards Corner	3.6 miles	20
Howell	3.8 miles	20
Appling	3.9 miles	20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 348908. 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.