Bethel Corners, New York

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ira town. It lies in ZIP code area 13111. The Survey maps it on the Cato quadrangle.

Bethel Corners within Cayuga County

Then and now

1902 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bethel Corners, surveyed 1985

Topographic sheet of Bethel Corners, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 26 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.

1902 USGS Weedsport quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
1943 USGS Cato quadrangle1:31680
1954 USGS Cato quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1954 USGS Weedsport quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Syracuse quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

67 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Bethel Corners between 1999 and 2020, burning about 54 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 12 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	37
Arson/incendiarism	12
Debris and open burning	5
Recreation and ceremony	3
Smoking	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Other causes	2
Natural	2

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
4 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
23 September 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
21 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
2 September 2003	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
1 September 1999	Smoking	1.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
6 August 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
15 August 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
24 July 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cayuga County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bethel Corners: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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
	Town of Victory Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
	Town of Victory Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Cayuga 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
Ira	2.4 miles	26
Martville	3.2 miles	24
North Victory	3.2 miles	24
Fintches Corners	3.9 miles	24
Floridaville	5.1 miles	23
Victory	5.2 miles	24
Cato	5.6 miles	26
Crocketts	5.9 miles	24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 943791. 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.