BlockBethpage, Missouri
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Elk Horn Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64867. The Survey maps it on the Bethpage quadrangle.
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.
- 1941 USGS Rocky Comfort quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Rocky Comfort quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Bethpage quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Neosho quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Bethpage between 1992 and 2020, burning about 274 acres 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179183-07353-04092019-1350 |
| 9 April 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 27 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179184-07353-04272019-1740 |
| 11 April 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 April 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bethpage in 5 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 3 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bethpage | $2,000 | A tree fell on a house in the Stella/Powell area. |
| March 1994 | Hail | Bethpage | $500 | Ground covered with up to quarter-size hail. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Bethpage | $50 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Bethpage | - | Report of quarter size hail 5 NNW of Powell. |
| November 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bethpage | - | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts uprooted several large trees along Highway 76 near Longview, and southwest towards Pineville. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 714114. 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.