BlockBerlin, Alabama
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Sardis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36775. It stands on Berlin Branch. The Survey maps it on the Blackwell Bend quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Selma quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Selma SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Selma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Blackwell Bend quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
75 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Berlin between 1994 and 2020, burning about 884 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 burning | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190930-9 |
| 30 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190924-2 |
| 22 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Berlin in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2020: 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Berlin | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in eastern Dallas County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 80 mph.||A tornado formed near the intersection of County Road 62 and County Road 417, about three miles southeast of the Sardis community in Dallas County. The tornado tracked northeast, causing tree damage along County Road 471, County Road 30 and County Road 451. The tornado lifted at County Road 451. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Berlin | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156052. 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.
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.