Delhi, Iowa
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Delhi Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52223. The Survey maps it on the Earlville quadrangle. 420 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,030 feet above sea level.
On record in Delhi
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Bay Settlement Church and Monumentlisted 1977
Population over time
2 figuresDelhi fell from 460 to 420 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 | 460 | |
| 2020 | 420 | -40 (-9%) |
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
10 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Delhi between 2007 and 2014, burning about 54 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 | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 28 April 2013 | Smoking | 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 |
| 10 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 March 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 October 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Delhi: 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Huber Farm | Zinc | Past Producer | Sphalerite | |
| Logan Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Truman House Quarry | 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
23 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Delhi in 23 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 12 hail, 11 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delhi | $100,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew numerous tree limbs down in Delhi, IA around 809 am June 19. In addition, the windows of one house were blown out and some boats sunk in Lake Delhi. A power outage was also observed in town. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delhi | $50,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew a tree down onto a house in Delhi, IA around 809 am June 19. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delhi | - | Significant damage to farm buildings. Wooden stakes impaled into the ground. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delhi | - | Machine shed and hardwood tree branches snapped due to downburst winds. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delhi | - | Lots of trees blown down, and flag poles folded in half. The time was estimated from radar data. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delhi | - | Large tree in roadway at 245th St and 260th Ave east of Delhi. Done by storm outflow winds well ahead of the storms themselves. Time estimated by outflow signature on radar. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delhi | - | Emergency Manager reported trees down over roads in the county. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delhi | - | A trained spotter reported 3 tree limbs approximately 6 to 12 inches in diameter were down. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delhi | - | The emergency manager reported power lines down between Delaware and Delhi and a tree was down across the highway just west of Manchester. |
| January 2013 | Hail | Delhi | - | Dime sized hail fell in Delhi, IA around 1012 pm CST January 28. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delhi | - | The emergency manager reported trees and tree limbs down along with power lines near Delhi. Wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Delhi | - | Golf ball sized hail fell in Delhi, IA around 738 pm April 6. The hail was covering much of the ground. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Delhi | - | Hail the size of a golf ball fell about 5 miles north of Hopkinton, IA around 258 pm July 24. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delhi | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph were observed in Delhi, IA near Lake Delhi around 1235 pm August 9. This report was relayed by Delaware County. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Delhi | - | Hail ranging in size from quarter to golf ball were measured in Delhi. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Delhi | - | Dime-sized hail fell in Delhi, IA at 5:47 pm June 8. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Delhi | - | Penny-sized hail fell in Delhi, IA at 2:02 pm June 20. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Delhi | - | Ping pong ball-sized hail fell in Delhi, IA at 600 am August 3. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Delhi | - | Half dollar-sized hail fell in Delhi, IA around 625 pm July 10. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Delhi | - | Quarter-sized hail fell 1 mile south of Delhi, IA at 1240 pm July 10. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Delhi | - | Nickel-sized hail fell 3 miles south of Delhi, IA at 1238 pm July 10. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Delhi | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Earlville | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Hazel Green | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Buck Creek | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Gilt Edge | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Almoral Siding (historical) | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Hopkinton | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| Manchester | 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 Delhi | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1917804 | 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 455871. 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.







