Delton, Michigan
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Barry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49046. The Survey maps it on the Delton quadrangle. 854 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 947 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresDelton fell from 872 to 854 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 | 872 | |
| 2020 | 854 | -18 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1918 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1944 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Delton quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Delton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Kalamazoo quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
30 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Delton between 1994 and 2020, burning about 66 acres in total. 3 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 | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 June 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DELTON FD 0000234 - 2018 |
| 10 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DELTON FD 0000221 - 2018 |
| 4 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DELTON FD 0000174 - 2018 |
| 2 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DELTON FD 0000172 - 2018 |
| 7 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HICKORY CORNERS FD 0000048 - 2019 |
| 30 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HICKORY CORNERS FD 0000069 - 2018 |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP VFD 0000117 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Delton: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Bros Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Rieth-Riley Construction Co Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sutherland Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Delton in 19 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 15 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2000 | Hail | Delton | $50,000 | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delton | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delton | $15,000 | Trees and power lines downed in Delton. A large awning was blown off of a downtown storefront. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delton | $10,000 | Two trees were blown down by a severe thunderstorm wind gust in Delton. |
| September 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delton | $10,000 | Barry Central Dispatch reported trees and power lines downed in Delton. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delton | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delton | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delton | $5,000 | Two large trees were blown down along Delton road. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Delton | $5,000 | Three quarters inch hail was reported in Delton and Hickory Corners. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delton | $5,000 | Tree blown down onto car in Prairieville Township, 5 miles southwest of Delton. |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delton | $2,500 | Trees downed in and around Delton. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delton | $2,500 | Barry County Central Dispatch reported large limbs knocked down in Delton. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delton | - | Roof off a farm outbuilding. Several large trees damaged. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delton | - | A trained spotter reported multiple trees with diameters of ten inches or more were blown down by wind gusts estimated at 70 mph. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Delton | - | Three quarters inch diameter hail was reported by the public in Delton. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delton | - | Amateur radio operators estimated an 80-mph wind gust near Delton in Barry Township. |
| August 1993 | Hail | Delton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Point | 1.0 miles | 19 | |
| Prairieville | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Cloverdale | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Hickory Corners | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Cedar Creek | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Turners Corner | 5.1 miles | 19 | |
| Woodlawn Beach | 5.4 miles | 19 | |
| Circle Pine Center | 5.8 miles | 13 |
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 Delton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8354560 | 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 624538. 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.









