Delphi, Washington
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Olympia West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98512. It stands on Beatty Creek. The Survey maps it on the Littlerock quadrangle. It stands 217 feet above sea level.
On record in Delphi
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Delphi Schoollisted 1990 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1941 USGS Gate quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Littlerock quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Chehalis River quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
159 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Delphi between 1992 and 2020, burning about 105 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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 | 60 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | OLYMPIC PEAK |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WEBSTER |
| 5 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | COOLER |
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | TROSPER LAKE |
| 4 September 1998 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 28 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 27 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MIDDLE WADDELL |
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 Delphi: 13 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tumwater Sand & Gravel Pit | Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Delphi Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Jones Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Webber Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Capital Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Case Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Duval Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Jones Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Page Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pit No. 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belmore | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| Lamberts Corner | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Littlerock | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Tumwater | 6.1 miles | 18 | |
| South Union | 6.4 miles | 21 | |
| Madrona Beach | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Bordeaux (historical) | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Maytown | 6.9 miles | 21 |
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 Delphi | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q54888575 | 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 1511611. 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.







