Berryman Corner, Massachusetts
31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Westport town. It lies in ZIP code area 02790. It stands on Bread and Cheese Brook. The Survey maps it on the Fall River East quadrangle.
Then and now
1888 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 97 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
31 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.
- 1888 USGS Fall River quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Fall River quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Fall River quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Fall River quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Fall River quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Fall River quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Fall River quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Fall River quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Fall River quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Fall River quadrangle1:62500
- 1919 USGS Fall River quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Providence quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Fall River East quadrangle1:31680
- 1944 USGS Fall River East quadrangle1:31680
- 1947 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Fall River East quadrangle1:31680
- 1951 USGS Fall River East quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Fall River East quadrangle1:31680
- 1957 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Fall River East quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Fall River East quadrangle1:25000
- 1984 USGS Providence quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Fall River quadrangle1:25000
- 1985 USGS Fall River quadrangle1:25000
In the 1883 county history
119,038 words on this townshipThe county history of 1883 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Westport Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Westport Town - 119,038 words.
Fires nearby
37 since 2001The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Berryman Corner between 2001 and 2020, burning about 40 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 9 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 8 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Massachussetts State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 3 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 23 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 4 July 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 29 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 17 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,564 shownMuseums hold 1,564 specimens collected within 10 miles of Berryman Corner between 1824 and 1975: 621 Animalia, 567 Fungi, 332 Plantae, 37 Chromista, 4 Unrecorded, 3 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A E Schuyler, A. B. Gridley, A. B. Hervey 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Gamochaeta purpurea (L.) Cabrera | 1824 | T. A. Greene | |
![]() | Lythrum salicaria L. | 1831 | T. A. Greene | |
![]() | Mentha aquatica L. | 1831 | Collector unknown | New Bedford. [Inferred county from precise loc.] |
![]() | Trypethelium virens Tuck. | 1848 | ex herb. Oakes | New Bedford. |
![]() | Ranunculus bulbosus L. | 1850 | not recorded | |
![]() | Vitis labrusca L. | 1850 | not recorded | |
![]() | Endocarpon pusillum Hedw. | 1858 | H. Willey | Fort Phoenix. Fairhaven. |
![]() | Menegazzia terebrata (Hoffm.) A.Massal. | 1860 | H. Willey | New Bedford |
![]() | Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1860 | Alan Poole | Westport, Westport River, Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary |
![]() | Scolopax minor J.F.Gmelin, 1789 | 1860 | Alan Poole | Westport |
![]() | Abrothallus parmeliarum (Sommerf.) Nyl., 1869 | 1862 | Willey H. | Weymouth, New Bedford |
![]() | Agyrium rufum (Pers.) Fr. | 1862 | Willey Henry | New Bedford |
All 1,564 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
7 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Berryman Corner: 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boan Farm Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dartmouth Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Louis Fernandez Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Medeiros Washed Sand & Stone Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pine Hill Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Westport Division | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms nearby
2 since 2018The National Weather Service names Berryman Corner in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2024: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Hail | Berryman Corner | - | In Westport quarter sized hail was reported. |
| January 2018 | Flood | Berryman Corner | - | At 1110 AM EST, US Route 6 at Johnson Street in Westport was flooded by the Bread and Cheese Brook. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suburban Park | 0.4 miles | 31 | |
| Hillcrest | 0.5 miles | 31 | |
| Westport Factory | 1.2 miles | 31 | |
| Beulah Corners | 1.2 miles | 31 | |
| North Westport | 1.4 miles | 31 | |
| Head of Westport | 2.0 miles | 37 | |
| Giffords Corner | 2.1 miles | 37 | |
| Sissons Corner | 2.2 miles | 37 |
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 Q122543438 | 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 613180. 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.
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.










































