Bethlehem, Kentucky

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Whitesville-Philpot census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42355. It stands on May String Branch. The Survey maps it on the Maceo quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bethlehem within Daviess County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1903 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
1953 USGS Maceo quadrangle1:24000
1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

6 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Bethlehem (historical) between 1999 and 2014, burning about 56 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
Debris and open burning	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
28 September 2010	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	BEAN
30 March 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	12 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
29 March 2013	Recreation and ceremony	3.5 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	OLD CAR
11 March 2010	Recreation and ceremony	8.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
10 March 2001	Debris and open burning	23 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
28 February 2014	Railroad operations and maintenance	4.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	RIDGE RD.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Daviess County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bethlehem (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Kapco Dredge	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Daviess County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Scythia	1.6 miles	16
Spice Knob	2.0 miles	16
Mount Zion (historical)	2.1 miles	16
Yelvington	2.5 miles	16
Chestnut Grove (historical)	3.4 miles	18
Ensor	3.6 miles	16
Gatewood	3.7 miles	17
Maceo	4.0 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2742912. 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.