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Darboy, Wisconsin

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Harrison Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54915. The Survey maps it on the Sherwood quadrangle.

Darboy within Calumet County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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 Darboy between 2018 and 2020, burning about 14 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined15
Smoking3
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources338
15 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20CL029
7 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesAP00199
25 July 2018Smoking1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18BU001
19 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources200931
19 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources235
4 June 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources200592
6 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19BU160

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calumet County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Darboy: 2 unknowns, 1 plant, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Perlite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Midwest Perlite Co.PerlitePlant
Own CrewsStoneUnknown
Van Handel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Kaukauna Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Monnot QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Calumet County

Storms near this place

29 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Darboy in 29 storm reports between 2003 and 2024: 19 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 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 2010HailDarboy$300,000Half dollar size hail and strong winds caused damage to 150 homes near Darboy. The homes sustained at least minor damage to roofs and siding.
September 2019Flash FloodDarboy$30,000Street closed due to flash flooding and vehicles stranded in Darboy. A culvert was washed out in the village of Sherwood.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindDarboy$5,000Thunderstorm winds knocked a tree onto a home on Fire Lane 8, on the shore of Lake Winnebago. The tree caused damage to the roof of the house and broke a window.
August 2024HailDarboy-Nickel size hail fell in Appleton.
August 2024HailDarboy-Nickel size hail fell in Darboy.
May 2021HailDarboy-Quarter size hail fell near Combined Locks.
August 2018FloodDarboy-Heavy rainfall from thunderstorms flooded roads in the Harrison and Brillion areas.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindDarboy-Thunderstorms produced an estimated 65 mph wind gust south of Appleton.
September 2017HailDarboy-Nickel size hail fell near the intersection of Calumet Street and Highway 441.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindDarboy-A trained spotter reported a measured wind gust of 86 mph at the intersection of County Highway N and County Highway KK, about 3 miles east-northeast of the town of Darboy.
June 2012HailDarboy-Quarter size hail fell about 2 miles southwest of Darboy in extreme northwest Calumet County.
June 2012HailDarboy-Quarter size hail fell near Darboy in extreme northwest Calumet County.
July 2012HailDarboy-Nickel size hail fell at Darboy.
July 2012HailDarboy-Quarter size hail fell in Darboy.
July 2012HailDarboy-Nickel size hail fell southeast of Appleton, near Darboy.
July 2012HailDarboy-Nickel size hail fell in Darboy.
July 2012HailDarboy-Penny size hail fell near Darboy.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindDarboy-Thunderstorms produced an estimated wind gust of 70 mph around Darboy and the southeast side of Appleton.
July 2012Heavy RainDarboy-A storm spotter reported 2.30 inches of rain in one hour in Darboy.
August 2010HailDarboy-Nickel size hail fell at Darboy in Calumet County.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindDarboy-Large limbs broke off trees and landed on three vehicles at a local business causing damage to all three.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindDarboy-Thunderstorm winds to 60 mph downed trees and power lines south of U.S. Highway 10 near Darboy.
June 2008HailDarboy-Most of the hail was 0.75 inch.
July 2008HailDarboy-Hail fell for about 10 minutes and reached the size of golf balls.
July 2008HailDarboy-no account filed
April 2006HailDarboy-no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindDarboy-no account filed
July 2003HailDarboy-no account filed
July 2003HailDarboy-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Calumet 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
Harrison1.2 miles11
Utowana Beach3.4 miles11
Highland Beach3.9 miles11
High Cliff (historical)5.6 miles11
Sherwood5.9 miles11
Dundas6.7 miles9
Harrison (historical)7.7 miles11
Saint John8.2 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1563711. 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.