Delaware, Iowa
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Oneida Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52036. The Survey maps it on the Earlville quadrangle. 142 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,079 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresDelaware fell from 159 to 142 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 159 | |
| 2020 | 142 | -17 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1900 USGS Anamosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1900 USGS Farley quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Earlville quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Anamosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Delaware between 2007 and 2014, burning about 77 acres in total. None 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 | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2013 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 April 2013 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Delaware: 7 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| White Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Delaware in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Delaware | $162,000 | This tornado began 5.4 miles north of Delaware, in Delaware county, at about 429 pm CST, and crossed into Clayton county 6 miles east of Edgewood at approximately 437 pm CST. The tornado was rated EF1 (NWS storm survey team), moved north-northeast at 50 mph, and had a total path length of 10 miles and was 200 yards wide. The tornado struck eight farmsteads in Delaware county, producing mostly minor damage to outbuildings and trees. However, at a farm southeast of Greeley, EF1 damage occurred with winds estimated at 81 mph. A dairy barn collapsed, trapping two people that were milking cows under the debris. They were rescued unharmed, but 24 cows were killed. A two-car garage was completely blown off its foundation, but the house next to it had little damage. An eyewitness just southwest of this farmstead reported seeing rotation in the clouds as it descended and struck the dairy barn. Near the Delaware-Clayton county line, a narrow swath of considerable tree damage was noted, with debris carried up a hillside and spread across a road. Path length in Delaware county was more than 7 miles, and damage was estimated at $162,000.| |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $25,000 | Broadcast Media reported a large sign was blown down damaging 3 cars. Time of the event was estimated from radar. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Delaware | $500 | Hail the size of a golf ball fell in Delaware, IA around 228 pm July 24. Extensive crop damage was observed along Highway 20 from 1 mile west of the Delaware exit to 2 miles east of the Earlville exit. An exit sign was also damaged. A trained spotter also contributed to this report. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | - | A small tree and some limbs were blown down. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | - | The emergency manager reported a storage shed leveled. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Delaware | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Delaware | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Delaware | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delhi | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Earlville | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Oneida | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Almoral Siding (historical) | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Almoral | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Manchester | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Dutchtown | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Greeley | 7.6 miles | 12 |
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 Delaware | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q622910 | 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 455870. 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.







