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Berne, Washington

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Leavenworth-Lake Wenatchee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98826. It stands on Henry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mount Howard quadrangle.

Berne within Chelan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

50 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Berne between 1993 and 2019, burning about 136 acres in total. 28 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
Natural28
Recreation and ceremony12
Smoking4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Other causes1
Firearms and explosives use1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2012Natural2.0 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestBURLINGTON
8 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestRAINY CREEK
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestLONG LOST
30 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestLOST LAKE
20 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestCHIEF TRAIL
18 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestWHITE PINE
16 September 2012Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestMULE
12 September 2012Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestHENRY CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chelan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Berne: 4 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Molybdenum, Talc-Soapstone, Garnet. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Chiwackum Mountains WorkingsGold, Copper, SilverProspect
Early DawnStoneProspect
GaynorGarnetOccurrence
Lake CreekBerylliumOccurrence
MerrittSilica, MolybdenumPast Producer
Mother Lode PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
RuthTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
MerrittMolybdenumOccurrenceMolybdenite, Pyrrhotite
Dept of HighwaysSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Dept of HighwaysSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Chelan County

Storms near this place

2 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Berne in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2023Flash FloodBerne$500Heavy rain from thunderstorms caused potions of trails to washout near the Irving Peak Burn Scar. Nearby RAWS reported a quarter of an inch of rain. Radar estimates near an inch of rain.
August 2008Flash FloodBerne-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chelan County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Merritt7.3 miles17
Nason Creek9.8 miles17
Telma10.1 miles17
Coles Corner12.8 miles17
Winton12.9 miles17
Chiwaukum14.1 miles17
Plain17.2 miles17
Chumstick19.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1516434. 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.