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.
Then and now
1943 to 1994The 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.


Compare 1943 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresBerrydale 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 441 | |
| 2020 | 348 | -93 (-21%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1943 USGS Jay quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Fidelis quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Bay Minette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Fidelis quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
275 since 1992Regional 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 use | 98 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 42 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 9.4 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | HOSEA GILLMAN ROAD (57) |
| 23 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | D. E. LOVETT FIRE - 1649 |
| 20 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.6 acres | Florida Forest Service | 57-FRIENDSHIP RD FIRE-0837 |
| 12 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11 acres | Florida Forest Service | LAST CHANCE PASTURE (57) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Clay Deposit | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
16 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2005 | Lightning | Berrydale | 1 hurt | Three 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 2005 | Lightning | Berrydale | 1 hurt | Three 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 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Berrydale | $500,000 | An 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 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berrydale | $8,000 | High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees near Berrydale. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berrydale | $8,000 | Trees were blown down near Berrydale by high winds from a thunderstorm. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berrydale | $5,000 | High winds downed multiple tree in Berrydale with power outages. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berrydale | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds blew down several trees near Berrydale. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berrydale | $4,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees on powerlines. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berrydale | $2,000 | Two trees were blown down between Berrydale and Munson. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berrydale | - | Reports of trees and powerlines down. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berrydale | - | 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 2010 | Flash Flood | Berrydale | - | 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berrydale | - | Winds estimated at 58 mph downed trees and powerlines near Highway 87 and Highway 4 near Berrydale. |
| February 2008 | Hail | Berrydale | - | no account filed |
| February 2008 | Hail | Berrydale | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Berrydale | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitfield | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Fidelis | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Simmons Crossing | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Cobbtown | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Sellersville | 7.8 miles | 13 | |
| Mount Carmel | 7.9 miles | 14 | |
| Munson | 8.0 miles | 14 | |
| Jay | 8.2 miles | 15 |
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 Berrydale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5727069 | The 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.






