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.
Then and now
1899 to 1993The 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.


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.
- Winans-Huntting Houselisted 2017 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 28 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.
- 1899 USGS Millbrook quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Millbrook quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Pine Plains quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Pine Plains quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
76 since 1993Regional 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/undetermined | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 19 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 1 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 July 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 July 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 1 July 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancram Lead Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Molybdenum | Producer | Replacement Vein | |
| Judge Bockee-Ward Bryant Lead Mine | Lead, Silver, Iron, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | Chalcocite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Judge Bockee-Ward Bryant Mine | Lead, Copper, Iron, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Liberia Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Morgan Limonite Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Siderite | |
| Morgan Limonite Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Ancram Pb Mine | Lead, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Judge Bockee-Ward Bryant Pb Mine | Lead, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Morgan Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Siderite | |
| Unnamed Probable Limonite Mine Number Gl 11 | Iron | Past Producer | Goethite, Limonite |
Storms near this place
2 since 2025Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bethel | - | A local 911 call center relayed a report to NWS Albany of a tree down on Route 28 and Strever Farm Road. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bethel | - | A tree was downed and across roadway at the intersection of Bethel Cross Road and Strever Farm Road south of Pine Plains. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hammertown | 1.5 miles | 28 | |
| Pine Plains | 2.1 miles | 28 | |
| Shekomeko | 2.6 miles | 27 | |
| Pulvers Corners | 3.0 miles | 27 | |
| Pachin Mills | 3.1 miles | 28 | |
| Attlebury | 3.2 miles | 28 | |
| Stissing | 4.0 miles | 28 | |
| Northeast | 4.4 miles | 27 |
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.










