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Berrydale, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Berrydale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32570. The Survey maps it on the Fidelis quadrangle. 348 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 239 feet above sea level.

Berrydale within Santa Rosa County

Then and now

1943 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 51 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Berrydale, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Berrydale, surveyed 1943

Compare 1943 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Berrydale fell from 441 to 348 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
2010441
2020348-93 (-21%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

275 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 275 fires within 5 miles of Berrydale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,945 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 42 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 use98
Railroad operations and maintenance42
Arson/incendiarism42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined39
Debris and open burning32
Natural9
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes2

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
5 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use9.4 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2019Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHOSEA GILLMAN ROAD (57)
23 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use30 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceD. E. LOVETT FIRE - 1649
20 September 2010Arson/incendiarism3.6 acresFlorida Forest Service57-FRIENDSHIP RD FIRE-0837
12 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use11 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLAST CHANCE PASTURE (57)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Rosa 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 Berrydale: 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
Unnamed Clay DepositClayProspect

Every working recorded in Santa Rosa County

Storms near this place

16 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Berrydale in 16 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 lightning, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 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
March 2005LightningBerrydale1 hurtThree people were working outside when lightning struck near them. Two of the people were treated at the scene and one was transported to the hospital and kept for a couple of hours and then released.
April 2005LightningBerrydale1 hurtThree people were standing outside when lightning struck near them. One of the persons was taken to the hospital and later released. The other two refused treatment.
January 2006Tornado (F1)Berrydale$500,000An F1 tornado touched down near the intersection of County Road 178 and State Highway 87. Several manufactured homes were damaged where the tornado first touched down. The tornado tracked northeast and crossed Highway 87 and caused only minor damage east of the highway. Near Highway 87 a home had most of the roof torn off. The roof of the home had reportedly been damaged, twice, by high winds associated with hurricanes Ivan and Dennis over the past year and a half. Both times the roof was repaired. No injuries were reported.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindBerrydale$8,000High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees near Berrydale.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindBerrydale$8,000Trees were blown down near Berrydale by high winds from a thunderstorm.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindBerrydale$5,000High winds downed multiple tree in Berrydale with power outages.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindBerrydale$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds blew down several trees near Berrydale.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindBerrydale$4,000Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees on powerlines.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindBerrydale$2,000Two trees were blown down between Berrydale and Munson.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBerrydale-Reports of trees and powerlines down.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBerrydale-Snapped trees and power lines along Highway 4 near and east of the community of Berrydale. Significant straight line wind damage with speeds estimated between 90-110 mph.
January 2010Flash FloodBerrydale-Santa Rosa 911 reported water covering about 30 feet of Florida Highway 4 west of James Jernigan Road about 1 mile west of Berrydale.
March 2009Thunderstorm WindBerrydale-Winds estimated at 58 mph downed trees and powerlines near Highway 87 and Highway 4 near Berrydale.
February 2008HailBerrydale-no account filed
February 2008HailBerrydale-no account filed
May 2004HailBerrydale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Santa Rosa 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
Whitfield2.4 miles14
Fidelis2.6 miles14
Simmons Crossing2.8 miles13
Cobbtown5.7 miles14
Sellersville7.8 miles13
Mount Carmel7.9 miles14
Munson8.0 miles14
Jay8.2 miles15

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 BerrydaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5727069The 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 294679. 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.