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Berger, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Boeuf Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63014. The Survey maps it on the Berger quadrangle. 256 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 554 feet above sea level.

Berger within Franklin County

Population over time

2 figures

Berger grew from 221 to 256 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
2010221
2020256+35 (+16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

10 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Berger between 1997 and 2018, burning about 14 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 burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
3 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
10 April 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
2 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177032-03733-03022018-1049
11 March 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 December 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178060-10928-12172018-1723
13 December 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 November 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 November 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Berger: 17 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Lead, Zinc. 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
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - Lead - ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - ClayClayPast Producer
Unknown - ClayClayPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Barber QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
H. NufnerStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Schuab QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

11 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Berger in 11 storm reports between 1998 and 2019: 5 flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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
December 2015FloodBerger$2,000,000Between 6 and 9 inches of rain fell across Franklin County during a 2 day period. All of this rain caused the creeks and rivers to rise. The Meramec River, Bourbeuse River and Missouri River all went into major flood with several points cresting at record levels. Almost 415 structures were either damaged or destroyed from the river flooding, with Union and Pacific being the worst hit in Franklin County. Damage estimates so far were around $2 million.
May 2007FloodBerger$5,000The Missouri River flooded parts of the north border of Franklin County. The City Park along the river in Washington flooded, otherwise flooding was limited to farmland and a few roads along the river.
July 2019Flash FloodBerger-Up to five inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding across the western portions of Franklin County. In Gerald, several roads were closed due to high water. Also, in New Haven a culvert was washed out and several roads were closed due to high water.
January 2016FloodBerger-Bourbeuse, Meramec and Missouri Rivers remained in moderate to major flood levels through the early hours of January 1. The flooding was a result of record rainfall during the last week of December.
December 2015Flash FloodBerger-Between 5 and 6 inches of rain fell causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including Route AC about 2 miles northwest of Sullivan due to Boone Creek rising well above its banks. Also, Route YY was closed due to flash flooding from St. Johns Creek and Route KK was closed due to 1 foot of water flowing over the roadway.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindBerger-Thunderstorm winds blew down several power lines in town.
September 2008FloodBerger-Up to 6 inches of rain fell onto already saturated soils as the remnants of Hurricane Ike moved through the region causing flooding. Numerous roads were flooded countywide with numerous creeks out of their banks as well. At least two roads were washed out. In Washington, a large section of a used car lot was washed out by a nearby creek. One car was destroyed after falling into the hole.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindBerger-Thunderstorm wind gusts knocked down trees and power lines in the Berger area. Most of the damage was concentrated along Highway 100 from Berger to New Haven. About 3000 people lost electricity in the area.
May 2011HailBerger-no account filed
June 2010FloodBerger-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindBerger-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Etlah4.1 miles21
Kohl City5.4 miles21
Baltimore Settlement6.8 miles20
Senate Grove (historical)6.8 miles21
New Haven7.8 miles20
Dissen8.6 miles21
Detmold9.4 miles21
Kiel11.7 miles20

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 BergerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q819588The 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 731529. 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.