BlockBethel, Alabama
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Alberta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36728. It stands on Slater Branch. The Survey maps it on the Catherine quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Catherine quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Selma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
72 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Bethel between 1994 and 2020, burning about 958 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160923-18 |
| 17 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180807-1 |
| 5 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20140805-002 |
| 4 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160829-1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bethel: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Bloating Material. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agee Property | Bloating Material | Occurrence | 1972 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boiling Springs | 0.6 miles | 9 | |
| Prairie | 2.1 miles | 9 | |
| Flatwood | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Catherine | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Prairie Bluff | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Gastonburg | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Lamison | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Midway | 5.4 miles | 9 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Bethel | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q96373460 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 138428. 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.