Bethel, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Haleyville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35565. It stands on McDonald Branch. The Survey maps it on the Haleyville East quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bethel within Winston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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.

1936 USGS Delmar quadrangle1:24000
1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Haleyville East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Haleyville quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

68 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Bethel (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 557 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 28 were 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
Arson/incendiarism	28
Debris and open burning	11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Natural	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Recreation and ceremony	4
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Smoking	2
Other causes	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
4 September 2000	Natural	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
22 September 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	7.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 1997	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
13 September 2016	Arson/incendiarism	4.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160913-3
9 August 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
22 August 1999	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
18 August 2007	Natural	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Winston County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bethel (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unnamed Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz

Every working recorded in Winston 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Delmar	1.6 miles	13
Batts Nest (historical)	1.8 miles	13
Boar Tush	2.7 miles	13
Booger Tree (historical)	3.2 miles	13
DeFoor	3.3 miles	13
Glen Mary	4.2 miles	11
Scoggins Bottoms (historical)	4.3 miles	13
Haleyville	4.3 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2680793. 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.