Delta, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 2005. It stands in Delta town. It lies in ZIP code area 54856. It stands on South Fork White River. The Survey maps it on the Delta quadrangle. It stands 1,014 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1944 USGS Drummond quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Drummond quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Delta quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Solon Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 2005 USGS Delta quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
38 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Delta between 1992 and 2019, burning about 150 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | not named |
| 9 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | FINGER LAKE |
| 8 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | RAINBOW TRASH |
| 31 July 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 July 2004 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | CEDAR CREEK ROAD |
| 4 June 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | SUNDAY |
| 24 June 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Delta: 1 producer, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara and Simon Susienka Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hazel Hills Pit No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Spider Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
5 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Delta in 5 storm reports between 2020 and 2025: 5 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delta | - | Three large trees were down along Scenic Drive. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delta | - | Photos were received showing many trees down throughout a campground. The trees all appeared to be large and healthy and were uprooted by the thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delta | - | Multiple reports were received of downed trees on roadways including County Highway H, Scenic Drive and Yderstad Road along with adjacent driveways between the Village of Delta and the Town of Drummond. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delta | - | Multiple trees were downed onto roads between Iron River and Delta, Wisconsin. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delta | - | A few trees were downed on Phantom Lake Road southwest of Ino. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pike River | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Sutherland | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Ino | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Topside | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Drummond | 9.4 miles | 13 | |
| Iron River | 9.7 miles | 13 | |
| Benoit | 10.4 miles | 12 | |
| Grand View | 11.2 miles | 9 |
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 Q5254548 | 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 1579114. 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.






