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.
Then and now
1942 to 1985The 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.


Compare 1942 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1942 USGS Amboy quadrangle1:250000
- 1943 USGS Amboy quadrangle1:250000
- 1943 USGS Danby quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Needles quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danby quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Needles quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1981 USGS Needles quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Amboy quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Danby quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 1993Regional 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 use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | DANBY |
| 6 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | SEASHELLS |
| 8 June 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | SPRINGS |
| 3 June 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | California Desert District | BDC AST 7 |
| 7 May 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Mojave National Preserve | BLMASST#2 |
| 11 May 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | GOFFS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danyb Mill | Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Pumice | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Gold | Prospect |
Storms near this place
7 since 2014Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Danby | $2,000 | Rocks washed across National Trails Highway near Danby Road. |
| September 2014 | Flash Flood | Danby | $2,000 | Mud 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Danby | - | The peak gust occurred at 2230 PST. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Danby | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Danby | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Danby | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Danby | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Danby | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5214974 | 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 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.








