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Berkley, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Gurley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35748. It lies near Horse Cove. The Survey maps it on the Moontown quadrangle.

Berkley within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

45 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Berkley between 1994 and 2016, burning about 422 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 burning27
Arson/incendiarism7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.2 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20130928-002
2 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1998Debris and open burning30 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1998Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 June 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Berkley: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Elm 1 Clay ProspectClayProspect

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

8 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Berkley in 8 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash 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 2009Thunderstorm WindBerkley$6,000Trees and power lines were blown down on Wilson Mann road.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBerkley$3,000A large tree was blown down near the post office in Owens Crossroads. Large tree limbs were blown down in the area as well.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindBerkley$200A tree was knocked down near the intersection of Cherry Tree Road and Berkley.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindBerkley$200A tree was knocked down across Low Gap Road near Cherry Tree Road.
April 2025HailBerkley-Three quarter inch hail was reported by an MPING observer at this location.
June 2023HailBerkley-A social media photo indicated quarter sized hail hell off of Highway 431 about three miles south of the Hampton Cove intersection.
October 2021Flash FloodBerkley-Creek over the road at Cave Spring Road and Highway 431.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindBerkley-A tree was blown over onto power lines.

Every storm recorded in Madison 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
Cherrytree0.9 miles22
Hampton Cove2.6 miles22
Big Cove3.7 miles22
Lowe (historical)3.7 miles22
Owens Cross Roads3.9 miles22
Sublett Mill4.1 miles22
Poplar Ridge5.0 miles23
Bucks Canyon5.0 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 113946. 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.