Berry Creek, California

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Berry Creek is about 12 miles northeast of Oroville in hilly terrain at 2,050 feet above mean sea level. The community is located along Oroville-Quincy Highway on the shore of Madrone Lake. The US Geological Survey shows NAD27 coordinates of 39°38′43″N, 121°24′08″W for the town. The community is home to Berry Creek Elementary School (K-8). 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 four miles east on Oroville-Quincy Highway).

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. Harts Mill was probably a mining community named for a stamp mill. The USGS lists a variant name of Virginia Mill for the area.

[edit] Berry Creek Rancheria

The Tyme Maidu community of the Maidu nation has a similar-sounding community called Berry Creek Rancheria about 4.25 straight-line miles southeast on a bearing of 109 degrees off true North. The community is located along Bean Creek Road. The latitude and longitude for the Rancheria are 39°37′33″N, 121°19′37″W on the Forbestown, California, 1994, 7.5-minute quadrangle. The tribal government gets mail at an Oroville location.

[edit] Sources

• US Department of Education, National Center for Educational Statistics.
• US Geological Survey, National Geographic Names Database.
• US Department of Commerce, miscellaneous records derived from public data sets used to determine geographic attributes like area code and ZIP code.
• Map: Berry Creek, California, 7.5 minute quadrangle, 1994, US Geological Survey.
• US Census Bureau, 2000 census statistical area records, (mostly used for data matching against other sources).
• web site of US Senator Barabara Boxer