BlockBethany, Indiana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47872. The Survey maps it on the Rockville quadrangle. It stands 738 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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 Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Rockville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Rockville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Bethany between 2003 and 2005, burning about 1 acre in total. None 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 | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 14 March 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 13 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guion | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Marshall | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Pin Hook | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Judson | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Lusks Mills (historical) | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Byron | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Cincinnati | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Parkeville | 4.2 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q4897710 | 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 430860. 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.