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Berry, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Berry census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35546. It stands on Little Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Berry quadrangle. 1,216 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 459 feet above sea level.

Berry within Fayette County

Population over time

2 figures

Berry grew from 1,148 to 1,216 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,148
20201,216+68 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

130 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Berry between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,378 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 51 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
Arson/incendiarism51
Debris and open burning43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Smoking2
Natural1

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
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1998Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1997Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2010Debris and open burning31 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2010Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190914-5

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fayette County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Berry: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum. 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
Waste Pond North River MineAluminumOccurrenceIllite, Kaolinite
Berry QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Berry Rock & Materials, Inc. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Fayette County

Storms near this place

18 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Berry in 18 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 4 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 4 injuries. 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
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Berry4 hurt, $1,400,000A tornado developed along a Quasi-Linear Convective System. It touched down in southeast Fayette County, east of AL Hwy 13, along AL Hwy 18, southwest of Berry. This tornado maintained a small path width, averaging around 0.10 mile (176 yds). The tornado track paralleled AL Hwy 13 where it damaged several barns and knocked down many trees. The tornado moved through downtown Berry, where numerous businesses and homes sustained roof and wall damage. The damage was consistent with an EF1 rating and winds of 100 mph. As the tornado moved northeast of town, it weakened and dissipated near AL Hwy 18 and Simmons Rd.
November 2002Tornado (F1)Berry$45,000The sixth tornado of the evening, the Boley Springs Tornado, occurred in extreme southeast Fayette County beginning at 9:10 pm. The tornado first touched down on the south side of County Road 46 about a mile west of Boley Springs. The tornado crossed CR 46 going across the north side of Boley Springs. A lumber mill was damaged along with a mobile home. Numerous trees were downed.The tornado then moved into open country where additional trees were downed. It ended around 9:15 pm about 3.9 miles east-northeast of Boley Springs. This was rated an F1 tornado, with a path length of 4.3 miles and width of 90 yards. No injuries or deaths were reported with this tornado.
April 1996Thunderstorm WindBerry$25,000no account filed
December 2008Thunderstorm WindBerry$10,000Straight line winds snapped or uprooted several trees southwest of Berry. A few of these trees landed on outbuildings producing significant damage. One mobile home had its roof torn off.
February 2008Tornado (EF0)Berry$10,000The Newtonville tornado moved back into Fayette County, and continued its journey northeastward. In this segment, the tornado moved through a sparsely populated area between the city of Berry and the Boley Springs Community. No significant structures were hit, and only sporadic tree damage was observed. The tornado reached the Walker County line just west of Fayette CR-83.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindBerry$5,000A tree fell on a house along Highway 18 near Berry.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindBerry$4,000Trees were reported down in Berry in southeast Fayette County.
December 2009Thunderstorm WindBerry$2,000A few trees were blown down in and around the city of Berry.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindBerry$2,000Trees down across CR 93 between Bankston and Cleveland.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindBerry-Numerous trees uprooted in the town of Berry.
April 2020Tornado (EF1)Berry-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southeast Fayette County and determined that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum winds near 95 mph.||A tornado touched down along Christian Road, southeast of the town of Berry. The tornado tracked northeast and crossed County Road 30, County Road 46, and County Road 47. The tornado then crossed into Walker County near Highway 18. Several trees were snapped off or uprooted along the damage path. A few homes suffered shingle loss.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindBerry-Several trees uprooted in the town of Berry.
April 2019HailBerry-Quarter size hail reported near the town of Berry.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindBerry-Several trees uprooted along County Road 63 south of the town of Berry.
September 2005Funnel CloudBerry-A funnel cloud was observed near the town of Berry.
May 2009HailBerry-no account filed
April 2006HailBerry-no account filed
April 1996HailBerry-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fayette 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
Cleveland3.3 miles10
Alta3.7 miles12
Bankston3.9 miles10
Boley Springs4.9 miles12
Pea Ridge5.3 miles12
Salem5.5 miles17
Stough8.0 miles10
New Hope9.5 miles10

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 BerryAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q65961The 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 113954. 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.