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Bethel, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Pine Plains town. It lies in ZIP code area 12567. It lies near Conklin Hill. The Survey maps it on the Pine Plains quadrangle.

Bethel within Dutchess County

Then and now

1899 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 94 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, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Bethel, surveyed 1899

On record in Bethel

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 28 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.

Fires near this place

76 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Bethel between 1993 and 2019, burning about 61 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined34
Arson/incendiarism17
Debris and open burning12
Natural7
Smoking2
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
23 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
1 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 July 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 July 1993Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
1 July 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Bethel: 10 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Lead, Silver, Lead, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ancram Lead MineLead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, MolybdenumProducerReplacement Vein
Judge Bockee-Ward Bryant Lead MineLead, Silver, Iron, Copper, ZincPast ProducerChalcocite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Judge Bockee-Ward Bryant MineLead, Copper, Iron, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Liberia PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Morgan Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast ProducerSiderite
Morgan Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Ancram Pb MineLead, SilverPast ProducerVein
Judge Bockee-Ward Bryant Pb MineLead, SilverPast ProducerVein
Morgan MineIronPast ProducerSiderite
Unnamed Probable Limonite Mine Number Gl 11IronPast ProducerGoethite, Limonite

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Storms near this place

2 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bethel in 2 storm reports between 2025 and 2026: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2026Thunderstorm WindBethel-A local 911 call center relayed a report to NWS Albany of a tree down on Route 28 and Strever Farm Road.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindBethel-A tree was downed and across roadway at the intersection of Bethel Cross Road and Strever Farm Road south of Pine Plains.

Every storm recorded in Dutchess 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Hammertown1.5 miles28
Pine Plains2.1 miles28
Shekomeko2.6 miles27
Pulvers Corners3.0 miles27
Pachin Mills3.1 miles28
Attlebury3.2 miles28
Stissing4.0 miles28
Northeast4.4 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 943780. 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.