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Delhi, Illinois

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Piasa Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62052. The Survey maps it on the Jerseyville South quadrangle.

Delhi within Jersey County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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.

Fires near this place

11 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Delhi between 2007 and 2011, burning about 92 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/undetermined8
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
1 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources90902
4 May 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources90503
6 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources90311
2 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources11402004
1 April 2011Debris and open burning1.5 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesCRAQFTON
7 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources90313
6 March 2010Debris and open burning4.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesDUGAS
23 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources90337

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jersey County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Delhi: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lohr QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Jersey County

Storms near this place

14 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Delhi in 14 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 tornado, 2 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 1994Thunderstorm WindNew Delhi$2,000Several large trees were blown down along the Great River Road east of Grafton. The Illinois State Police later reported large trees down over the southern part of the county with one roof blown off near New Delhi.
November 1994Thunderstorm WindNew Delhi$200The county sheriff reported large trees down across the southeast part of the county.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindDelhi-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in the area.
March 2024Tornado (EF0)Delhi-A weak tornado touched down 2.3 miles north northwest of Brighton in Jersey County, on W. Miles Station Road. In this area it destroyed a small outbuilding and damaged a pickup truck that was parked in it. It also caused minor to moderate roof damage to at least 4 other outbuildings, destroyed another small outbuilding and snapped off a couple of trees. As it tracked to the northeast, it crossed into Macoupin County. In Jersey County, the tornado was rated EF0 with a path length of 0.39 miles and a max path width of 200 yards.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindDelhi-Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree onto Illinois Route 111 just southwest of Brighton.
April 2017Tornado (EF1)Delhi-A weak tornado developed in east central Jersey County, about two tenths of a mile north of Oak Rest Lane, just west of intersection with Oak Rest Road. It travelled to the northeast, crossing Crystal Lake Road just south of Lards Road. Most of the damage to this point was minimal. As it crossed Oak Rest Road, it caused extensive tree damage with numerous trees uprooted, snapped and twisted. The tornado then moved across a field and caused EF1 damage to a property on Gun Club Road, just west of Stonebrooke Drive. Here at least a dozen mature trees were snapped and twisted. The detached garage was destroyed and the single family home had minor damage including windows broken out of the house. The tornado continued northeast for about half a mile before crossing into Macoupin County, 3 miles north of Brighton.
August 2008Flash FloodDelhi-Very heavy rain fell in a short amount of time on already saturated soils causing flash flooding. Illinois Route 111 was closed about 4 miles south of Piasa due to flooding.
May 2008HailNew Delhi-Amateur radio spotters reported nickel size hail just west of Brighton near the Jersey/Macoupin County line.
August 2006Flash FloodNew Delhi-Storm spotters reported that high water closed New Delhi road.
June 2005Tornado (F0)New Delhi-A weak tornado formed in rural east Jersey County on Gun Club Road and 1500 North. The tornado traveled east northeast and damaged large trees and some power poles.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindDelhi-Amateur radio spotters reported a large tree down along Highway 267.
April 2011HailDelhi-no account filed
May 2010HailDelhi-no account filed
June 1999HailNew Delhi-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jersey 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
New Delhi1.0 miles12
McClusky3.4 miles12
East Newbern3.7 miles12
Lake Piasa3.8 miles12
Dow5.0 miles12
Newbern5.0 miles12
Bowman (historical)6.4 miles12
Jerseyville6.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 407106. 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.