BlockBethel, Alabama
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Woodland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36280. The Survey maps it on the Graham quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1899 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Graham quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Graham quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
190 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 190 fires within 5 miles of Bethel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,315 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 57 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 88 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 57 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 3.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160923-12 |
| 21 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190916-15 |
| 13 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190913-1 |
| 1 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-HEARD-005 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bethel: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sulfides. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joshua Ballard Prospect | Gold, Sulfides | Occurrence | Gold, Pyrite | |
| Joshua Ballard Prospect | Gold | Past Producer | Vein |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 163252. 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.