Berlin, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Brenham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77833. The Survey maps it on the Brenham quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1930 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:62500
- 1963 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
122 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Berlin between 2006 and 2020, burning about 254 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 70 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 290/OLD BURTON ROAD |
| 7 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | F.M 2935 |
| 7 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3671 FM 109 |
| 3 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 365 SHADY ACRES LANE |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 105 LANGE LAKE ROAD |
| 29 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3500 OLD GAY HILL RD |
| 27 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FARMER FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Berlin in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2015: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Berlin | - | Street flooding was reported in and around the Brenham area. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Berlin | - | Numerous roads were closed in the Brenham area. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berlin | - | Trees were downed near the intersection of Old Mill Creek Road and South Berlin Road. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berlin | - | Trees were downed between Burton and Brenham. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brenham | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Mill Creek | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| Zionville | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Klump | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Muellersville | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Longpoint | 6.3 miles | 7 | |
| Prairie Hill | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Wiedeville | 6.5 miles | 9 |
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 Berlin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q21196360 | 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 1377995. 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.




