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Berryman, Missouri

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Courtois Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65565. It stands on Billys Branch. The Survey maps it on the Berryman quadrangle.

Berryman within Crawford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 23 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

69 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Berryman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,476 acres in total. None started naturally. 28 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/incendiarism28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Debris and open burning15
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
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
11 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMark Twain National ForestHORNET
18 July 2012Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMark Twain National ForestTROTTER
18 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMark Twain National ForestBERRYMAN
8 April 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined27 acresMark Twain National Forestnot named
5 April 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution7.1 acresMark Twain National ForestYANKEE
5 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.7 acresMark Twain National ForestSERVICE BERRY
4 April 2000Debris and open burning55 acresMark Twain National ForestWOODS LAKE
30 April 1997Debris and open burning12 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Berryman: 31 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Lead, Zinc, Iron, Lead, Barium-Barite, 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
Kellogg ShaftBarium-Barite, LeadPast Producer
Poverty Flat WorkingsZinc, LeadPast Producer1890
Jumbo ShaftLead, Barium-Barite, ZincOccurrenceBarite, Galena, Sphalerite
Jumbo ShaftBarium-Barite, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Kellogg ShaftLead, Barium-Barite, ZincOccurrenceBarite, Galena, Sphalerite
Kings Mountain MinesBarium-Barite, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - BariteBarium-BaritePast Producer
Unknown - BariteBarium-BaritePast Producer
Mathews Mines SouthIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Crawford County

Storms near this place

3 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Berryman in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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
August 2019Thunderstorm WindBerryman-Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree just west of town.
March 2009Thunderstorm WindBerryman-Several trees were blown down onto Highway 8 just west of Berryman.
May 2009Flash FloodBerryman-Up to four inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including Highways C and N.

Every storm recorded in Crawford 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
Four Points2.3 miles23
Huzzah3.4 miles21
Service4.5 miles21
Center Post5.4 miles20
Butts6.2 miles21
Westover7.0 miles21
Davisville9.0 miles20
Cherry Valley9.3 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 748796. 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.