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Derinda Center, Illinois

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Derinda Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61028. The Survey maps it on the Elizabeth quadrangle.

Derinda Center within Jo Daviess County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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.

In the county-history sources

65,503 words on this township

The History of Jo Daviess County, Illinois, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., a Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion ... History of the Northwest, History of Illinois ... Constitution of the United States, published 1878; Portrait and Biographical Album of Jo Daviess County, Illinois : Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County, Together with Portraits and Biographies of All the Governors of the State, and of the Presidents of the United States, published 1889 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Derinda Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Derinda Township - 65,503 words.

Fires near this place

10 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Derinda Center between 2008 and 2010, burning about 22 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1

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
27 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesWURSTER
12 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesELECTRIC
16 July 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesTREE
5 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesHASS
23 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesHANOVER2
2 April 2009Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources26
1 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources24
25 March 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesBALDERINI

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jo Daviess County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Derinda Center: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc. 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
Skene MineLead, ZincPast Producer1901, 1907
Blakely QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Klock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Randecker QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jo Daviess County

Storms near this place

4 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Derinda Center in 4 storm reports between 2005 and 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
July 2005Thunderstorm WindDerinda Center$1,000no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindDerinda Center-Law Enforcement reported trees down on Rush Street south of Hanover, IL. Time of the event estimated using radar.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindDerinda Center-Wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph blew down some three inch diameter tree branches south of Derinda Center, IL at 2:05 pm June 12.
March 2026HailDerinda Center-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jo Daviess 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
Massbach2.9 miles21
Pleasant Hill (historical)3.3 miles14
Woodland Valley Courts4.7 miles23
Elizabeth5.0 miles14
Hanover5.5 miles18
North Hanover6.1 miles18
Weston (historical)6.2 miles18
Woodbine6.2 miles14

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.

Wikidata item Q122544824The 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 407141. 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.