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Berkeley, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Hernando Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34606. The Survey maps it on the Weeki Wachee Spring quadrangle.

Berkeley within Hernando County

Then and now

1954 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 25 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Berkeley, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Berkeley, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

On record in Berkeley

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

242 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 242 fires within 5 miles of Berkeley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,428 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 44 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
Equipment and vehicle use52
Arson/incendiarism44
Natural38
Misuse of fire by a minor34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Railroad operations and maintenance16
Debris and open burning15
Recreation and ceremony8
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking3
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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 1996Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2020Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePOND (27)
5 September 2006Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service27-GOLD STAR-0954
4 September 2001Natural80 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2011Natural20 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBUSH MILLS (27)
10 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 August 1993Natural12 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hernando 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 Berkeley: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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
Oman Constr. - Aripeka MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Hernando County

Storms near this place

6 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Berkeley in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning. 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
April 2021Thunderstorm WindBerkeley$13,000Broadcast media confirmed a weather related fatality on Evenglow Avenue near Hyacinth Lane in Spring Hill when a vehicle crashed into a power pole downed by a fallen tree, causing the car to catch on fire, and the occupant was electrocuted when they stepped on a live power line as they attempted to exit the vehicle.
July 2012LightningBerkeley$10,000County Sheriffs Office reported a tree was struck by lightning and fell on a house on Allwood Street.
January 2022Thunderstorm WindBerkeley$1,000Hernando County Sheriff's Office posted a video on social media detailing damage to a gas station in Spring Hill. Time estimated from radar.
December 2022Thunderstorm WindBerkeley-Gas station awning partially pealed back. Time estimated from radar.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBerkeley-A trained spotter reported multiple six to eight inch tree limbs down from thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2008HailBerkeley-Penny size hail was reported in Spring Hill.

Every storm recorded in Hernando 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
Weeki Wachee1.2 miles14
Weeki Wachee Acres1.4 miles15
Weekiwachee Woodlands1.5 miles15
Weekiwachee Gardens2.2 miles14
Timber Pines2.4 miles15
Willow Sink2.5 miles15
Weeki Wachee Gardens3.0 miles16
Spring Hill3.8 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 278503. 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.