Darbyville, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Walnut Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52571. It stands on Buck Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hiattsville quadrangle. It stands 883 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1939 USGS Mystic quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Mystic quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Hiattsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Darbyville in 2015, burning about 141 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 | 3 |
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 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 120 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 January 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Darbyville: 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter-Waters Corp. Plant | Clay | Producer | ||
| Centerville Quarry | Clay | Producer | ||
| Centerville No. 2 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Centerville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Clarkdale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Kincade Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Tait Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Darbyville in 20 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 15 heavy rain, 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Darbyville | $200,000 | Water was reported over the road on J5T between Rathbun Lake and Walnut City. |
| August 2010 | Flash Flood | Darbyville | $25,000 | Water of unknown depth was flowing over paved County Road J29 at a rapid pace. Road was barricaded. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Darbyville | $15,000 | Quarter to golf ball size hail at the Corps of Engineers Rathbun Lake office. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Darbyville | $10,000 | Law Enforcement reported that strong winds blew a law enforcement vehicle off the road. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Darbyville | $10,000 | Roads around County Road J29 and 461st Street were closed due to flooding. |
| June 2021 | Heavy Rain | Darbyville | - | Coop observer reported 2.88 inches of rain in 24 hours. |
| July 2021 | Heavy Rain | Darbyville | - | A 24 hour rainfall report of 2.98 inches. |
| May 2019 | Heavy Rain | Darbyville | - | Coop observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.20 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| May 2019 | Heavy Rain | Darbyville | - | Coop observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.17 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| September 2019 | Heavy Rain | Darbyville | - | Coop observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.10 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| May 2017 | Heavy Rain | Darbyville | - | Coop observer reported 24 hour rainfall total of 1.13 inches. |
| June 2015 | Heavy Rain | Darbyville | - | Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 4.59 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| July 2015 | Heavy Rain | Darbyville | - | Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 2.92 inches since about 3am. |
| July 2015 | Heavy Rain | Darbyville | - | Rainfall total of 3.80 inches measured at Rathbun Dam over the last 24 hours. |
| July 2015 | Heavy Rain | Darbyville | - | Storm total of 4.20 inches measured at Rathbun Dam. |
| September 2015 | Heavy Rain | Darbyville | - | Mesonet recorded heavy rainfall of 3.79 inches storm total. |
| September 2015 | Heavy Rain | Darbyville | - | Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 4.50 inches storm total. |
| December 2015 | Heavy Rain | Darbyville | - | Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 2.08 inches over the last 48 hours/storm total so far. |
| August 2014 | Heavy Rain | Darbyville | - | Rainfall during the past 24 hours was 1.55 inches. |
| July 2010 | Heavy Rain | Darbyville | - | Twenty four hour rainfall total of 4.00 inches. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rathbun | 1.3 miles | 9 | |
| Clarkdale | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Maine | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Forbush | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Hiattsville | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Walnut City | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Mystic | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Centerville | 5.7 miles | 11 |
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 Darbyville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18149568 | 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 455793. 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.






