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Berryton, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Lyerly census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30747. The Survey maps it on the Lyerly quadrangle.

Berryton within Chattooga County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

646 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 646 fires within 5 miles of Berryton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,696 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 295 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/incendiarism295
Debris and open burning262
Equipment and vehicle use24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Recreation and ceremony15
Natural7
Smoking3

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 2015Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2016-CHATTOOGA-009
8 September 1998Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use13 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Debris and open burning2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chattooga 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 Berryton: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Iron. 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
Maddox's Mine AreaIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Menlo AreaIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Summerville BauxiteAluminumPast ProducerWeathering Residual
Taylor MineAluminumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Chattooga County

Storms near this place

5 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Berryton in 5 storm reports between 2015 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
September 2019Thunderstorm WindBerryton$20,000The Chattooga County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees and power lines blown down from Summerville to Trion.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindBerryton$5,000The Chattooga County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down from around Berryton to Trion, including on Tavern Lane and Filter Plant Road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBerryton$1,000Report of tree down on Cox Rd near Back Berryton Rd.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindBerryton$1,000The Chattooga County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down and blocking the southbound lane of Highway 100 at Norton Road.
August 2019HailBerryton-The public reported nickel size hail along Highway 100 near Norton Road.

Every storm recorded in Chattooga 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
Perennial1.6 miles17
West Summerville1.8 miles16
Summerville2.9 miles16
Lyerly3.3 miles17
Fairview (historical)3.6 miles17
Taliaferro (historical)4.9 miles17
Menlo5.3 miles17
Silver Hill5.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 354559. 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.