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Derby, Indiana

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47525. It stands on Knob Creek. The Survey maps it on the Derby quadrangle. It stands 453 feet above sea level.

Derby within Perry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

14 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Derby between 1993 and 2010, burning about 32 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 burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
5 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresHoosier National ForestAUBURN FIRE
7 May 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresHoosier National ForestCOMMER
6 April 2010Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresHoosier National ForestCORNFIELD
19 April 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresHoosier National Forestnot named
6 March 2000Debris and open burning7.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 March 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresHoosier National ForestCONNER CEMETARY
22 March 2009Debris and open burning5.0 acresHoosier National ForestRACHEL
14 March 2000Smoking3.0 acresHoosier National ForestROBERTS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perry County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Derby: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Derby QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Derby Slope MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Derby Underground MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Perry County

Storms near this place

5 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Derby in 5 storm reports between 2005 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2023Thunderstorm WindDerby-Trees were blown down in Derby.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindDerby-A tree was reported down on a road in Derby, Indiana.
February 2018FloodDerby-Portions of IN 66 closed due to high water. Numerous other roads closed throughout county due to high water and flooding.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindDerby-Trees were blown down across Indiana Highway 66.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindDerby-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Perry 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
Gerald2.9 miles16
Dexter3.3 miles16
Magnet5.7 miles16
Leopold5.9 miles16
Mount Pleasant6.3 miles16
Gatchel6.6 miles14
Lilly Dale6.7 miles14
Terry6.8 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.

Wikipedia article on DerbyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5261397The 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 450842. 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.