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Derby, Michigan

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1970. It stands in Lincoln Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49085. The Survey maps it on the Benton Harbor quadrangle.

Derby within Berrien County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

23 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Derby between 2018 and 2020, burning about 23 acres in total. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2

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
1 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesST JOSEPH CHARTER TWP FD STATION 1 2019068 - 2019
16 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBARODA FD 0000041 - 2019
14 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLINCOLN TOWNSHIP 0000176 - 2018
11 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBARODA FD 0000040 - 2019
30 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLINCOLN TOWNSHIP 123 - 2020
22 June 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLINCOLN TOWNSHIP 98 - 2020
29 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesST JOSEPH CHARTER TWP FD STATION 1 2018043 - 2018
13 May 2020Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLINCOLN TOWNSHIP 80 - 2020

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Berrien 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: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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
Gulliver-Peters SiteSilicaProducerSedimentary
Barrien County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bridgman Pit & Mill Manley BrosSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Berrien County

Storms near this place

1 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Derby in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
August 2011Thunderstorm WindDerby-Emergency management officials reported power lines and trees down throughout Lincoln Township. A portion of the roof of an abandoned house near Notre Dame was ripped off.

Every storm recorded in Berrien 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
Hollywood1.4 miles11
Stevensville2.0 miles6
Glen Lord2.2 miles6
Scottdale3.1 miles11
Vineland3.3 miles11
Shoreham3.6 miles6
Baroda Estates3.8 miles15
Baroda4.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 624572. 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.