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Berry Creek | |
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 Location of Berry Creek in Butte County, California. | |
  Berry Creek Location in Northern California | |
| Coordinates: 39°38′43″N 121°24′12″W / 39.64528°N 121.40333°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  California |
| Butte County | Butte County |
| Area | |
| • Total | 57.18 sq mi (148.09 km2) |
| • Land | 57.12 sq mi (147.94 km2) |
| • Water | 0.06 sq mi (0.15 km2) 0.10% |
| Elevation | 2,000 ft (608 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 1,637 |
| • Density | 28.66/sq mi (11.07/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP code | 95916 |
| Area code | 530 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1658040, 2612472 |
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Berry Creek (formerly, Berry Valley)[3] is a census-designated place[4] about 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Oroville, California in hilly terrain at 2,000 feet (610 m) above mean sea level. The community is located along the Oroville-Quincy Highway on the shore of Madrone Lake. The community is home to Berry Creek Elementary School (K-8), 2 small mountain churches, 1 mini mart w/ gas, 1 small community park. Berry Creek is home to the annual Berry Festival which is held during August.
Berry Creek is inside Area code 530 and wired phone numbers follow the format (530) 589-xxxx. The community's ZIP code is 95916, and is shared with the community of Brush Creek (which is about 4 mi (6.4 km) east on Oroville-Quincy Highway). The population was 525 in 2012.
There is a California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection fire station at an area called Harts Mill just south of the community. This is a historic name for a community once located at 39°37′25″N 121°26′08″W / 39.62361°N 121.43556°W. Harts Mill was probably a mining community named for a stamp mill. The USGS lists a variant name of Virginia Mill for the area. The CDF Fire Dept is located in Berry Creek approximately 2 mi (3.2 km) past the U.S. Post Office on Hwy 162 (Nearest cross street: Berry Creek Rd/Bloomer Hill Rd). There are two main mountains in Berry Creek to distinguish areas. Bloomer Hill (mountain nearest the Post Office) and Bald Rock mountain (mini mart and community park). The Berry Festival is always held on Bald Rock mountain.
Berry Creek was mostly destroyed by the Bear Fire on September 9, 2020.[5][6]
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
- ^ a b "Berry Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 193. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Berry Creek, California
- ^ Evans, Carter (September 12, 2020). "Oregon braces for a "mass fatality incident" as wildfires rage in western states". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
- ^ La Ganga, Maria L. (September 22, 2020). "People in this California town didn't have much. Then fire took it away". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 22, 2020.