BlockBethany, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Myakka City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34251. It stands on Fisher Branch. The Survey maps it on the Verna quadrangle.
Then and now
1944 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 12 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.
- 1944 USGS Verna quadrangle1:24000
- 1944 USGS Verna quadrangle1:31680
- 1956 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Verna quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Sarasota quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
102 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Bethany between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,857 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 25 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2012 | Natural | 4.4 acres | Florida Forest Service | 60TH AVE. EAST (41) |
| 28 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | STATE ROAD 64E (41) |
| 19 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 41-FIRE-0449 |
| 21 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 August 2000 | Natural | 100 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 41-53RD AVE NOV-0575 |
| 17 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 41-CASSIE FIRE-0411 |
| 12 August 1993 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
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 Bethany: 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, Free, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manatee County Unknown Ownerships | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, Free | Occurrence | ||
| Manatee North | Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Prospect | 1957 |
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 300018. 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.