BlockBethlehem, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pleasureville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40057. It stands on Pringle Branch Salt River. The Survey maps it on the Franklinton quadrangle. It stands 883 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1928 USGS New Castle quadrangle1:48000
- 1932 USGS New Castle quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Franklinton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Bethlehem between 2002 and 2011, burning about 11 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 March 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 February 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RAISOR |
| 13 November 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 October 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bethlehem in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2017: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2016 | Hail | Bethlehem | - | The Henry County Emergency Manager reported hail 1 inch in diameter. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bethlehem | - | Local law enforcement reported several trees down centered around Bethlehem. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bethlehem | - | Winds of 70 mph were reported by Kentucky State Police. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Bethlehem | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Point Pleasant | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| Saltwater (historical) | 2.1 miles | 9 | |
| Sixmile (historical) | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| North Pleasureville | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Franklinton | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Slabtown | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Adamsville (historical) | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Bellview | 5.0 miles | 10 |
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 Bethlehem | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4898010 | 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 487004. 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.