BlockDelft, Minnesota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Carson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56101. The Survey maps it on the Bingham Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Fairmont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fairmont quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Bingham Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Worthington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Delft in 2010, burning about 2 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 October 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Windom Wetland Management District | SWAN LAKE |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Delft: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Delft in 17 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 13 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Flood | Delft | - | Properties on the south side of Comfrey were sandbagged as overland flow and ponding resulted in water encroaching on properties. County Highway 1 was closed north of Highway 30 due to water over the roadway. Numerous township roads in northeast portions of the county were under 1 to 2 feet of water. |
| May 2022 | Tornado (EFU) | Delft | - | A video showed a weak tornado briefly touching down in an open field. The tornado caused no damage from which the NWS could assign an EF-scale rating. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Delft | - | Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Delft | - | Strong winds contributed to a period of wind-driven hail from dime to quarter size. Soybeans were stripped to stubble and leaves ripped off trees. A damage path varied from one to two miles in width where crop losses were nearly total. The duration of the event was around 8 minutes. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delft | - | Crops destroyed by wind-driven hail. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delft | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including a large tree blown down. The winds also flattened a corn crop. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Delft | - | Large hail covered the ground. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Delft | - | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | Delft | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Delft | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Delft | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Delft | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Delft | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Delft | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Delft | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Delft | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Delft | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bingham Lake | 5.9 miles | 7 | |
| Jeffers | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| Windom | 8.4 miles | 7 | |
| Mountain Lake | 9.1 miles | 7 | |
| Storden | 12.7 miles | 9 | |
| Westbrook | 18.8 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 642752. 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.