Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
“The Bethlehem Cemetery is a historic cemetery in rural Washington County, Arkansas, United States. It is located about 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Canehill, near the junction of Arkansas Highway 45 and County Road 442.”
Wikipedia article Bethlehem Cemetery, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 160 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 2000 · category: Site.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Bethlehem Cemetery between 1994 and 2017, burning about 624 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 18 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 | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 31 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30542 |
| 26 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30446 |
| 26 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Cherokee Nation Tribe | OLD PINEY |
| 15 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Bethlehem Cemetery: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. 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.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Canehill, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2019: 3 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Canehill | $15,000 | Three vehicles were stranded in flood water on Highway 45. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canehill | $100 | Tree blown down on SH 45 near Canehill. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Canehill | - | Portions of several roads near Canehill were flooded. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Canehill | - | Heavy rain caused flooding which required Highway 45 to be closed. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Canehill | - | no account filed |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Twin Bridges Historic District | 0.6 miles | 1994 |
| Morrow Farmstead | 1.4 miles | 2021 | |
 | R.L. Leach Grocery Store | 1.9 miles | 2018 |
 | Evansville-Dutch Mills Road Bridge | 2.3 miles | 2008 |
 | Pyeatte Mill Site | 3.8 miles | 1982 |
 | Earle House | 4.3 miles | 1982 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 00001365 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Washington County | All 160 listed properties in this county. |
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