Delta, Utah
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Delta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84624. The Survey maps it on the Delta quadrangle. 3,622 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,639 feet above sea level.
On record in Delta
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 3 records
Topaz War Relocation Center SiteNational Historic Landmark · listed 1974
Van's Halllisted 1995- Central Utah Relocation Center (Topaz)listed 2007
Population over time
2 figuresDelta grew from 3,436 to 3,622 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 | 3,436 | |
| 2020 | 3,622 | +186 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1885 USGS Sevier Desert quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Delta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Delta quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Delta quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Delta quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Delta quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Delta quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
42 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Delta between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,478 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Central Area | EAST DELTA |
| 26 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | CORBIN FIRE |
| 7 August 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | JOHNSON FARM |
| 5 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | 51 25 JUNCTION |
| 21 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SHARPE FIRE |
| 15 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Richfield Field Office | HOLMAN |
| 14 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Central Area | 4000 |
| 10 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | 30 FOOT DITCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Delta: 6 producers, 6 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 6 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Cemetary East Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Delta Cemetary North Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Delta Cemetary North Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Delta Cemetery East Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Delta Gravel Pit #5 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Delta Gravel Pit #6 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Delta Gravel Pit No.5 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Delta Gravel Pit No.6 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ut Dept Hwys Borrow Pit 14069 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 14072 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Delta in 10 storm reports between 1993 and 2014: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delta | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delta | $50 | Thunderstorms developed along and behind the cold front as it continued to move south through the state. These thunderstorms moved eastward very slowly, and produced two different severe wind gusts. Some minor damage occurred in the eastern portion of the county. Shingles were blown off a few homes along with some tree limbs torn off. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delta | - | The Delta Bus Garage sensor recorded a peak wind gust of 62 mph. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delta | - | The A-Paid observer in Delta reported a maximum wind gust of 58 mph. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delta | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust of 61 mph (53 kts) in Delta. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delta | - | A severe thunderstorm in Delta produced a wind gust of 58 mph (50 kts). |
| September 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Delta | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Delta | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delta | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delta | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sutherland | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Oasis | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Hinckley | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Deseret | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Harding | 7.4 miles | 16 | |
| Strong | 8.0 miles | 16 | |
| Abraham | 8.1 miles | 16 | |
| Sugarville | 8.7 miles | 16 |
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 Delta | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q482416 | 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 1427334. 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.






