BlockDelta, Washington
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1975. It stands in the Lynden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98264. The Survey maps it on the Bertrand Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1907 USGS Blaine quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Bertrand Creek quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Blaine quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Bellingham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Delta between 1996 and 2009, burning about 2 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 June 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WOODLAND RD |
| 1 June 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Delta: 4 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sturman and Herringa Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite | |
| Sturman and Herringa Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Devries Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Loomis Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lynden Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Swope Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1514883. 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.