BlockBethanna, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the West Magoffin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41465. It stands on Perkins Branch. The Survey maps it on the White Oak quadrangle. It stands 866 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1889 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS White Oak quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS White Oak quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
178 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Bethanna between 1997 and 2020, burning about 3,086 acres in total. None started naturally. 25 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 | 82 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ST ROUTE 1081 |
| 18 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 July 2013 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 460-1081 INTERSECTION |
| 27 June 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GOSE BRANC |
| 27 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HIGH ROCK |
| 5 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | COW CRK. CHURCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bethanna in 6 storm reports between 2004 and 2023: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bethanna | $5,000 | Some roof and structural damage was reported to have occurred to a home. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bethanna | - | A tree was reported down along Johnson Creek near the community of Elsie. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bethanna | - | Magoffin County dispatch reported a couple downed trees near the 1640 block of Johnson Fork near Salyersville. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bethanna | - | Trees were blown down in the Grape Creek area of Magoffin County. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bethanna | - | A tree was blown down along Rte 134 between mile markers 4 and 6. |
| August 2004 | Hail | Bethanna | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Bethanna | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4897700 | 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 507498. 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.