Berea, North Dakota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hobart Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58072. The Survey maps it on the Valley City West quadrangle. It stands 1,430 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1897 USGS Eckelson quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Valley City West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Berea between 2005 and 2020, burning about 126 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 burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | DWIGHT KIEFERT |
| 8 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | DON SCHLOTMAN |
| 8 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | BURLINGTON NORTHERN |
| 6 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Valley City Wetland Management District | BARTZ WPA |
| 5 July 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 3 July 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 12 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | FIELD FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Berea: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valley City State Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Berea in 9 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 4 hail, 3 tornado, 1 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Tornado (EF2) | Berea | - | This tornado developed in central Barnes County 5 miles southwest of Valley City and tracked southeast, caused EF-0 and EF-1 damage to trees and several homes. It continued over a ridge crossing the Sheyenne River, then caused EF-1 and EF-2 damage to several homes eventually crossing 117th Ave SE before lifting 3 miles south of Valley City. This tornado was almost 6 miles long. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Berea | - | Dime to quarter-sized hail fell for roughly 5 minutes. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berea | - | The wind gust was measured by a personal weather station. |
| July 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Berea | - | The funnel cloud was observed from Baldhill Dam. |
| July 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Berea | - | A brief touchdown was reported by a traveler on Interstate 94, west of Valley City, looking northeast across Hobart Lake. The touchdown appeared to be in an open field in central Hobart Township. Peak winds were estimated at 70 mph. |
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Berea | - | The tornado tracked northward for about a mile to about 1 mile west-southwest of the Baldhill Dam. The tornado snapped a wooden power pole, knocked down several poplar trees, and shredded a portion of an old corn field. Peak winds were estimated at 100 mph. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Berea | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Berea | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Berea | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nobart (historical) | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Valley City | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| North Valley City | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Sanborn | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Peak | 9.6 miles | 10 | |
| Odell (historical) | 10.5 miles | 8 | |
| Rogers | 11.1 miles | 8 | |
| Eckelson | 12.6 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q4891160 | The 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 1033834. 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.




