Berkley, Kentucky

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bardwell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42021. The Survey maps it on the Arlington quadrangle.

Berkley within Carlisle County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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.

1939 USGS Wickliffe quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1951 USGS Arlington quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1952 USGS Wickliffe quadrangle1:62500
1955 USGS Wickliffe quadrangle1:62500
1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1970 USGS Arlington quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1972 USGS Wickliffe quadrangle1:62500
1985 USGS Sikeston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

7 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Berkley between 2005 and 2017, burning about 15 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
Recreation and ceremony	5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1
Debris and open burning	1

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
19 August 2012	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	DRIFTWOOD
4 March 2009	Recreation and ceremony	4.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
20 March 2009	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
19 March 2010	Recreation and ceremony	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
4 February 2017	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	WAYNE FREEMAN ROAD
1 December 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
30 October 2010	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	GROGAN HOMESTEAD CLEANUP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carlisle County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Berkley: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Diana G. Dredge	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Dredge Delores	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Carlisle 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Geveden	2.7 miles	16
Mississippi (historical)	3.3 miles	16
Arlington	3.8 miles	16
Laketon	4.2 miles	16
Beech Grove (historical)	4.3 miles	16
West Hopewell	5.3 miles	9
Bardwell	6.0 miles	16
East Hopewell	6.9 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 486906. 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.