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Derby, Illinois

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Mountain Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62947. It lies near Rocky Branch Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Rudement quadrangle. It stands 469 feet above sea level.

Derby within Saline County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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

56 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Derby between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,229 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 were 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 burning18
Arson/incendiarism15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
9 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use4.2 acresShawnee National ForestGAPE HOLLOW
9 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreShawnee National ForestEAGLE
6 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShawnee National ForestMUSHROOM ROCK
21 September 2010Debris and open burning3.3 acresShawnee National ForestBARRETT
18 September 1999Recreation and ceremony10 acresShawnee National ForestCAMPFIRE II
17 September 2000Power generation/transmission/distribution30 acresShawnee National ForestPINHOOK CREEK
13 September 1998Smokingunder an acreShawnee National ForestHIGH KNOB TRAIL
26 August 1999Smokingunder an acreShawnee National ForestSNOW CONE STAND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saline County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Derby: 14 past producers, 13 occurrences, 7 prospects, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead. 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
Hamp Fluorspar Mine GroupFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, ZincProducerFluorite
Rose CreekZinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, LeadProducer1910
Rose Creek Fluorspar MinesZinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, LeadProducerFluorite, Galena
Bethel Sandstone Exposure 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Herod Sandstone ExposureStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
High Knob Sandstone ExposureStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Barite Occurrence Number 1Barium-BariteOccurrence
Barite Occurrence Number 1Barium-BariteOccurrence
Barite Occurrence Number 2Barium-BariteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Saline 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
Eagle1.6 miles22
Somerset4.2 miles22
Horseshoe4.8 miles22
Whitesville (historical)5.5 miles22
Rudement5.6 miles22
Saline Valley Store (historical)6.7 miles22
Mitchellsville8.2 miles20
Cottage Grove8.3 miles22

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 DerbyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5261401The 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 422620. 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.