Bethelridge, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Middleburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42516. It lies near Bethel Knob. The Survey maps it on the Mintonville quadrangle. It stands 1,138 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Mintonville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
26 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Bethelridge between 1998 and 2015, burning about 367 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PALLET FIRE |
| 2 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MASSENGALE |
| 2 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ELLIOT |
| 2 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FIRE TOWER |
| 15 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 1999 | Natural | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 March 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bethelridge: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bethelridge Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bethelridge in 2 storm reports in 2010: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bethelridge | - | Power outages were reported in two locations near Bethelridge. Several trees were blown down near Yosemite. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bethelridge | - | Trees were blown down in Casey County in locations both east and west of Liberty. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ware | 1.8 miles | 8 | |
| Argyle | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Ferndale (historical) | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Mount Olive | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Mintonville | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Calvary (historical) | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Knob Lick (historical) | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Walltown | 6.3 miles | 8 |
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 Bethelridge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4897960 | 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 507499. 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.
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.



