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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.

Delphi within Thurston County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

159 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined60
Recreation and ceremony36
Debris and open burning27
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Arson/incendiarism8
Fireworks5
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural2
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersOLYMPIC PEAK
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWEBSTER
5 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCOOLER
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTROSPER LAKE
4 September 1998Smoking1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
30 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
28 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
27 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMIDDLE WADDELL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Thurston County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Tumwater Sand & Gravel PitStone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Delphi QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Jones QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Webber QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Capital Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Case Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Duval PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jones Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Page PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pit No. 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Thurston 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
Belmore3.0 miles21
Lamberts Corner3.3 miles18
Littlerock5.3 miles14
Tumwater6.1 miles18
South Union6.4 miles21
Madrona Beach6.4 miles10
Bordeaux (historical)6.7 miles14
Maytown6.9 miles21

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 DelphiAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q54888575The 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.