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Delle, Utah

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Dugway-Wendover census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84029. The Survey maps it on the Delle quadrangle. It stands 4,258 feet above sea level.

Delle within Tooele County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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

52 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Delle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,086 acres in total. 9 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/undetermined20
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural9
Firearms and explosives use6
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsDELL TRACK
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.8 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWELL
19 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands71 W. I-80
18 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined82 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeDEAD COW
17 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsTABIONA'S FINEST
16 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeLONE ROCK
15 September 2009Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeMM 62
1 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeMM 72

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tooele County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Delle: 7 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bromine, Diatomite. 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
Delle Diatomaceous EarthDiatomiteOccurrenceSedimentary
Unknown PlantBrominePast Producer
Poverty Point Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface
Ut Dept of Hwys Gravel Pit #23088Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit No 23087Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit No 23088Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ut. Dept of Hwys Borrow Pit #23018Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ut. Dept of Hwys Gravel Pit #23087Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSurface
Ut. Dept of Hwys Gravel Pit #23089Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Tooele County

Storms near this place

26 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Delle in 26 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 26 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
September 2009Thunderstorm WindDelle$10,000A semitrailer was blown over at mile marker 72 on I-80.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindDelle-The I-80 at MP 71 East Delle mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 66 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindDelle-The I-80 at MP 68 West Delle mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 63 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindDelle-The I-80 at MP 71 East Delle mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 66 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindDelle-The I-80 at MP 71 East Delle mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 63 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindDelle-The I-80 at MP 71 East Delle mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 63 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindDelle-The I-80 at MP 68 West Delle mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 62 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindDelle-A wind gust of 72 mph was recorded at the I-80 at MP 68 West Delle mesonet site.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindDelle-A wind gust of 65 mph was recorded at the I-80 at MP 71 East Delle mesonet site.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindDelle-The I-80 at MP 71 East Delle mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 61 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindDelle-The I-80 at MP 68 West Delle mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 59 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindDelle-A wind gust of 66 mph was recorded at the I-80 at MP 71 East Delle mesonet site. Other wind gusts included 63 mph at the Hat Island site, 63 mph at the I-80 at MP 68 West Delle site, 58 mph at the Causeway site, and 56 mph at the I-80 @ Grassey site.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindDelle-The I-80 at MP 71 East Delle mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 59 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a line of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindDelle-UDOT reported an RV trailer rolled over on I-80. A sensor near there reported a wind gust of 66 mph around this time.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindDelle-A wind gust of 66 mph was recorded at the I-80 at mile post 71 mesonet site.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindDelle-The I-80 at MP 71 East Delle automated weather station recorded a peak wind gust of 64 mph.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindDelle-The Utah Department of Transportation I-80 at MP 71 East Delle mesonet station measured a wind gust of 58 mph at 3:50 pm MST as a result of a nearby microburst's outflow.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindDelle-The I-80 at MP 68 West Delle weather station recorded a wind gust of 61 mph as a result of a thunderstorm moving over the site.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindDelle-A peak wind gust of 59 mph was measured by the I-80 at MP 68 West Delle mesonet station.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindDelle-A peak wind gust of 61 mph was recorded by the I-80 at MP 71 East Delle mesonet station.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindDelle-The Interstate 80 at Milepost 68 automated weather station recorded a peak wind gust of 64 mph.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindDelle-The Interstate 80 at Milepost 68 automated weather station recorded a peak wind gust of 60 mph.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindDelle-The Interstate 80 at Milepost 68 West Delle automated weather station recorded a peak wind gust of 58 mph.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindDelle-The Interstate 80 at Milepost 71 automated weather station recorded a peak wind gust of 61 mph.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindDelle-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindDelle-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tooele 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
Timpie6.5 miles16
Low8.8 miles14
Dolomite11.4 miles16
Aragonite12.0 miles8
Flux13.0 miles16
Iosepa (historical)15.5 miles17
Burmester17.9 miles15
Clive18.4 miles8

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.

Wikidata item Q5254206The 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 1437542. 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.