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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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 Roundup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Roundup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Delphia quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Musselshell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2012Regional 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/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2012 | Natural | 40,085 acres | Billings Field Office | DELPHIA |
| 30 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Musselshell County | SWATHER |
| 16 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Land Office | TULLOCK |
| 16 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.6 acres | Southern Land Office | BOOTH |
| 14 July 2017 | Natural | 3,800 acres | Billings Field Office | NORTH DELPHIA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
18 since 2001Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Delphia | - | 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 2013 | Flash Flood | Delphia | - | There were several reports of flash flooding within the Delphia Burn Scar area. Some area roads were affected by washouts. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Delphia | - | Fast moving water, approximately 1 foot deep, flooded private roadways. |
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Delphia | - | Flash flooding was reported on the Delphia Fire Burn Scar area with water running across numerous roads. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delphia | - | Some roof damage was reported 3 miles west of Delphia. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delphia | - | A wind gust of 60 mph was estimated 3 miles west of Delphia. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Delphia | - | A basement was reported flooded as well. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Delphia | - | Several large limbs were broken off twelve foot diameter Cottonwood trees. Portions of a tin roof were blown off a few buildings. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Delphia | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Delphia | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Delphia | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Delphia | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Delphia | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Delphia | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Delphia | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Delphia | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delphia | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Delphia | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Musselshell | 6.9 miles | 7 | |
| Kilby Butte Colony | 7.5 miles | 6 | |
| Gage | 9.4 miles | 6 | |
| Fattig (historical) | 9.9 miles | 6 | |
| Absher (historical) | 13.0 miles | 9 | |
| Queens Point | 13.6 miles | 9 | |
| Roundup | 17.6 miles | 6 | |
| Republic (historical) | 18.2 miles | 6 |
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.



