Bethel Acres, Oklahoma
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Shawnee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74801. The Survey maps it on the Shawnee Reservoir quadrangle. 3,029 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,134 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBethel Acres grew from 2,895 to 3,029 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,895 | |
| 2020 | 3,029 | +134 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1898 USGS Purcell quadrangle1:125000
- 1930 USGS McLoud quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Shawnee Reservoir quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Oklahoma City South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Bethel Acres between 2005 and 2019, burning about 1,352 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Southern Plains Regional Office | BENSON |
| 19 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kickapoo Field Office | LEO |
| 11 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kickapoo Field Office | FRANK MONDAY |
| 18 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kickapoo Field Office | ACME |
| 16 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 27 acres | Southern Plains Regional Office | SUMAC |
| 13 March 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 25 acres | Southern Plains Regional Office | MACARTHUR |
| 1 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 34 acres | Kickapoo Field Office | 13 TH STREET |
| 20 December 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 146 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | WALKER ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bethel Acres: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chancellor Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Markwell Sand Co Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaddy | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Clarks Heights | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Shawnee | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Dale | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Tecumseh | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Pink | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Shawnee Town (historical) | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Morvin | 7.3 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Bethel Acres | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2548248 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1102929. 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.






