Berea, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Crockett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75835. The Survey maps it on the Berea quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1951 USGS Berea quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Crockett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2004 USGS Berea quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
62 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Berea between 1993 and 2019, burning about 5,721 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2016-260 |
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011317 |
| 9 September 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 530 |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011310 |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4,931 acres | Livingston Area | ARBOR FIRE |
| 30 September 2011 | Natural | 20 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 956 |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011292 |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011289 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Berea in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berea | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines between Crockett and Kennard. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berea | $3,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds downed trees along Highway 21 East. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Berea | - | The was quarter size hail in the Berea area. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berea | - | Trees were knocked down. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Berea | - | This storm produced quarter sized hail. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Berea | - | Hail to the size of half dollars was reported falling along Highway 7 approximately 3 miles east of the Houston County Airport. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arbor | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Hickory Creek | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Druso | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Center Hill | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Hopewell | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Harrison Town | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| Belott | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Shady Grove | 7.0 miles | 11 |
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 Berea | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19460489 | 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 1381394. 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.
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.





