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Berkley, Iowa

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50220. It stands on Jim Creek. The Survey maps it on the Berkley quadrangle.

Berkley within Boone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

5 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Berkley between 2006 and 2012, burning about 24 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Smoking1

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
6 June 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 June 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources752 290TH STREET, IOWA
15 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources250TH ST. & D AVE, IA
23 February 2006Smoking13 acresIowa Wetland Management DistrictMURPHY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boone 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 Berkley: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Colemen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Boone County

Storms near this place

28 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Berkley in 28 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 11 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 4 tornado, 3 heavy rain. 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
June 1998Tornado (F1)Berkley$75,000no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBerkley$10,000Large 2 to 3 foot diameter oak tree blown down.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindBerkley$10,000Power lines were downed at 319th and Clover in Boone.
June 2001HailBerkley$10,000no account filed
June 2008HailBerkley$5,000Boone County law enforcement reported hail up to 1.25 inches in diameter in Berkley.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindBerkley$5,000no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindBerkley$5,000no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindBerkley$5,000no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindBerkley$5,000no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindBerkley$5,000no account filed
June 2009HailBerkley$3,000no account filed
August 2009HailBerkley$3,000no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindBerkley$2,000Eight to 10 inch tree was snapped.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindBerkley$2,000A large tree was down with multiple small branches reported down too.
June 2008HailBerkley$1,000Boone County law enforcement reported quarter size hail on Highway 169 at the Dallas/Boone County line.
May 2014HailBerkley$1,000no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindBerkley-A personal weather station recorded a 59 mph gust.
June 2022FloodBerkley-Flooding at intersection of Eagle avenue and 310th street.
May 2020Tornado (EFU)Berkley-A storm chaser caught a brief tornado in rural Boone county. The tornado did not impact any damage indicators, hence the EFU rating.
June 2018Tornado (EF0)Berkley-Tornado moved in from Dallas County. This was a short segment that remained in agricultural fields with little damage before dissipating.
September 2015Heavy RainBerkley-Public reported heavy rainfall storm total of 4.50 inches. End time radar estimated.
June 2014Heavy RainBerkley-One half inch of rain fell in 15 minutes.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindBerkley-Estimated gust of 60 MPH.
June 2009HailBerkley-Boone County law reported hail to nickel size with 45 to 50 MPH winds.
August 2009Heavy RainBerkley-A rainfall amount of 2.20 inches was reported.
May 2000Tornado (F0)Berkley-Brief touchdown
July 2021HailBerkley-no account filed
June 2009HailBerkley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Boone 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
Angus4.8 miles12
Beaver6.6 miles11
Ogden8.0 miles11
Coal Valley10.5 miles13
Moingona10.9 miles13
Logansport12.3 miles13
Centerville13.9 miles13
Wolf13.9 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 454527. 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.