BlockBethel, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Gainesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35459. The Survey maps it on the Emelle quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Emelle quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS De Kalb quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Bethel (historical) between 1995 and 2015, burning about 101 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 June 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 April 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 March 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 February 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamner | 1.1 miles | 8 | |
| Emelle | 1.9 miles | 8 | |
| Sumterville | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Sledge | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| McCainville | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Boyd | 7.7 miles | 8 | |
| Epes | 8.6 miles | 13 | |
| Parker | 8.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 134083. 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.