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Berlin, Missouri

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Miller Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64469. The Survey maps it on the Berlin quadrangle.

Berlin within Gentry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

4 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Berlin between 1992 and 2018, burning about 12 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1

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
16 July 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177471-03220-07162018-1118
7 June 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 February 1992Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 January 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.2 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176023-03220-01272018-1610

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gentry County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Berlin: 9 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Berlin MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Berlin QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tri County Land CompanyStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Gentry County

Storms near this place

1 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Berlin in 1 storm report in 2000: 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
June 2000HailBerlin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Gentry 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
Gentryville5.5 miles12
Ford City7.2 miles12
McFall7.8 miles16
King City9.2 miles13
Whitten9.5 miles12
Evona10.0 miles12
Darlington10.3 miles12
McCurry11.3 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 713985. 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.