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Delphia, Montana

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Klein census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59072. It stands on Fattig Creek. The Survey maps it on the Delphia quadrangle.

Delphia within Musselshell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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

5 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Delphia between 2012 and 2019, burning about 43,890 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined3
Natural2

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
24 August 2012Natural40,085 acresBillings Field OfficeDELPHIA
30 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMusselshell CountySWATHER
16 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Land OfficeTULLOCK
16 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.6 acresSouthern Land OfficeBOOTH
14 July 2017Natural3,800 acresBillings Field OfficeNORTH DELPHIA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Musselshell County

Storms near this place

18 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Delphia in 18 storm reports between 2001 and 2020: 11 hail, 4 flash flood, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2013Flash FloodDelphia-The County Emergency Manager reported flash flooding over the Dahl, Wilson, and Delphia Burn Scar areas. Water was running over private roads in the burn scar areas.
May 2013Flash FloodDelphia-There were several reports of flash flooding within the Delphia Burn Scar area. Some area roads were affected by washouts.
June 2013Flash FloodDelphia-Fast moving water, approximately 1 foot deep, flooded private roadways.
September 2013Flash FloodDelphia-Flash flooding was reported on the Delphia Fire Burn Scar area with water running across numerous roads.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindDelphia-Some roof damage was reported 3 miles west of Delphia.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindDelphia-A wind gust of 60 mph was estimated 3 miles west of Delphia.
June 2008HailDelphia-A basement was reported flooded as well.
May 2007HailDelphia-Several large limbs were broken off twelve foot diameter Cottonwood trees. Portions of a tin roof were blown off a few buildings.
July 2020HailDelphia-no account filed
July 2020HailDelphia-no account filed
May 2019HailDelphia-no account filed
May 2019HailDelphia-no account filed
June 2013HailDelphia-no account filed
July 2010HailDelphia-no account filed
June 2008HailDelphia-no account filed
June 2003HailDelphia-no account filed
May 2002Thunderstorm WindDelphia-no account filed
July 2001HailDelphia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Musselshell 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
Musselshell6.9 miles7
Kilby Butte Colony7.5 miles6
Gage9.4 miles6
Fattig (historical)9.9 miles6
Absher (historical)13.0 miles9
Queens Point13.6 miles9
Roundup17.6 miles6
Republic (historical)18.2 miles6

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 770598. 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.

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.