BlockBethany, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Madison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30650. The Survey maps it on the Madison quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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 Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Madison quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
60 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Bethany between 1992 and 2019, burning about 466 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 1994 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-MORGAN-002 |
| 26 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 35 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | LAZENBURY MILL |
| 29 July 1995 | Natural | 21 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 July 2012 | Natural | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-MORGAN-002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bethany in 5 storm reports between 2012 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2021 | Flash Flood | Bethany | $15,000 | The Emergency Manager reported the Enterprise Road Bridge over Little Sugar Creek was damaged due to high water. Radar estimates indicate that 2.5 to 4 inches of rain occurred over the area, resulting in the flash flooding. |
| June 2017 | Flash Flood | Bethany | $6,000 | Emergency Manager reported multiple driveways were washed out south of Interstate 20 near South Sugar Creek. Radar estimates indicate that 4 to 5 inches of rain occurred over the area. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bethany | $2,000 | Tree down at Enterprise and Seven Islands Road. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bethany | $2,000 | Tree down at Cochran Road and Bethany Church Road. |
| February 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bethany | $2,000 | The Morgan County Emergency Manager reported that several trees were blown down near U.S. Highway 129 southeast of Madison. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aqua (historical) | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Buckhead | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Beacon Heights | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Smyrna | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Madison | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Canaan | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Sugar Creek | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Swords | 6.3 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 345967. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.