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Berkey, Ohio
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Richfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43504. The Survey maps it on the Berkey quadrangle. 275 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 699 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBerkey grew from 237 to 275 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. 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 237 | |
| 2020 | 275 | +38 (+16%) |
Then and now
1911 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
18 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.
- 1911 USGS Swanton quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS Swanton quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Berkey quadrangle1:24000
- 1939 USGS Berkey quadrangle1:31680
- 1939 USGS Berkey quadrangle1:31680
- 1939 USGS Berkey quadrangle1:31680
- 1951 USGS Berkey quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Berkey quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Berkey quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Berkey quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Berkey quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:100000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,291 shownMuseums hold 1,291 specimens collected within 10 miles of Berkey between 1913 and 1974: 1,157 Animalia, 127 Plantae, 4 Unrecorded, 2 Chromista, 1 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A.E. Daugherty, Benedict Jr., James, Benedict, James and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Anodontoides ferussacianus (I.Lea, 1834) | 1913 | Goodrich, Calvin | Silica |
 | Lasmigona compressa (I.Lea, 1829) | 1913 | Goodrich, Calvin | Silica |
 | Urtica gracilis Aiton | 1915 | not recorded | Sylvania |
 | Aster firmus Nees | 1924 | Moseley, E.L. | Spencer Twp |
 | Aureolaria flava (L.) Farw. | 1924 | Moseley, E.L. | Springfield Twp |
 | Bromus ciliatus L. | 1924 | Moseley, E.L. | Springsfield Twp |
 | Carex sartwellii Dewey | 1924 | Moseley, E.L. | W of Toledo |
| Desmodium rigidum (Elliott) DC. | 1924 | Moseley, E.L. | Spencer Twp | |
 | Dulichium arundinaceum (L.) Britton | 1924 | Moseley, E.L. | Spencer Twp |
 | Campostoma anomalum (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1930 | Unknown | Ten Mile Creek, West of Toledo |
 | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1930 | Unknown | Ten Mile Creek, West of Toledo |
| Dispharynx spiralis Molin, 1858 | 1930 | R. Yeatter | Blissfield |
All 1,291 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
1 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Berkey: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorr Street Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms nearby
8 since 1997The National Weather Service names Berkey in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2015: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Flood | Berkey | $9,000,000 | Rain gauges across Lucas County measured upwards of 5.78 inches (Toledo Metcalf Airport) on the 27th. A Cocorahs rain gauge 2.2 miles WSW of Toledo measured 3.70. This heavy rain over already saturated soils created widespread flooding in Lucas County. Over 600 homes reported flooding to the local officials. Most of the flooding was contained in basements. Widespread road closures continued into the 28th. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berkey | $50,000 | A 73 mph wind gust was measured, which snapped a 20 foot tall lightpost in half and knocked down a windmill. A paddle boat was lifted out of the water and numerous trees and power lines were downed. Nickel size hail was also reported with this storm. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Berkey | $15,000 | Golfball size hail was observed. |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Berkey | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berkey | $6,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berkey | $3,000 | Large tree limbs were downed. A wind gust of 60 miles per hour was reported. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berkey | $2,000 | Several large tree limbs were reported down. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Berkey | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowen (historical) | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Richfield Center | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Raab Corners | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Mitchaw | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Frankfort | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Centennial | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Silica | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Sharples | 6.0 miles | 18 |
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 Berkey | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q602228 | 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 1064417. 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.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
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.