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Danby, California

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Newberry Springs-Baker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92332. The Survey maps it on the Danby quadrangle. It stands 1,345 feet above sea level.

Danby within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1942 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 43 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Danby, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Danby, surveyed 1942

Compare 1942 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

6 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Danby between 1993 and 2009, burning about 1 acre 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
Equipment and vehicle use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Smoking1
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
7 August 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictDANBY
6 July 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictSEASHELLS
8 June 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictSPRINGS
3 June 2001Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictBDC AST 7
7 May 1993Smokingunder an acreMojave National PreserveBLMASST#2
11 May 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictGOFFS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Danby: 3 prospects, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Pumice. 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
Danyb MillSilver, GoldPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectCopperProspect
Unnamed ProspectPumiceProspect
UnnamedGoldPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectGoldProspect

Every working recorded in San Bernardino County

Storms near this place

7 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Danby in 7 storm reports between 2014 and 2022: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2014Flash FloodDanby$2,000Rocks washed across National Trails Highway near Danby Road.
September 2014Flash FloodDanby$2,000Mud and debris up to a foot deep covered a 200 foot long stretch of road near the intersection of National Trails Highway and Danby Road.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindDanby-The peak gust occurred at 2230 PST.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindDanby-no account filed
August 2021Thunderstorm WindDanby-no account filed
August 2021Thunderstorm WindDanby-no account filed
August 2019Thunderstorm WindDanby-no account filed

Every storm recorded in San Bernardino 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
Essex8.7 miles18
Chambless11.6 miles16
Cadiz11.8 miles16
Archer14.9 miles16
Fenner15.3 miles17
Chubbuck19.0 miles16
Saltus19.3 miles16
Amboy21.7 miles16

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 DanbyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5214974The 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 252880. 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.