- Berry Creek, California
Berry Creek is an unincorporated community about convert|12|mi|km northeast of
Oroville, California in hilly terrain at convert|2050|ft|m 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 coord|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 insideArea 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 or six kilometers 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 coord|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.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 coord|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.
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* 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.
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* US Census Bureau, 2000 census statistical area records, (mostly used for data matching against other sources).
* web site of US Senator Barabara BoxerExternal links
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