Bethera, South Carolina
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Cordesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29434. The Survey maps it on the Bethera quadrangle. It stands 49 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1919 USGS Cordesville quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Bethera quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Bethera quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
189 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 189 fires within 5 miles of Bethera between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,693 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 122 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 122 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | QUITTING TIME |
| 27 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | HURRICANE |
| 30 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | SHOTGUN |
| 23 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | FREEMAN |
| 23 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | TRAILBLAZER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bethera in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bethera | $1,000 | SC Highway Patrol reported a tree down along Route 41. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bethera | $500 | Law enforcement reported a tree down near the intersection of Highway 41 and Boggy Head Road, 6 miles southwest of Jamestown, South Carolina. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bethera | - | A Berkeley County emergency manager reported a tree down on Bethera Road near the intersection with Ackerman Road. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bethera | - | A Berkeley County emergency manager reported a tree down and across Bethera Road near the intersection with Boggy Swamp Road. |
| April 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Bethera | - | A National Weather Service Storm Survey Team confirmed an EF-0 tornado with an estimated maximum wind speed of 85 mph near Bethera, South Carolina. The weak tornado began just south of Lem Road, then moved north-northeast across Lem and Bethera roads, before dissipating just northwest of Bethera. The tornado snapped and uprooted multiple trees along the path, and at least one home had a limb blown onto the roof along Witherbee Road. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Bethera | - | The public reported nickel size hail 1 mile southeast of Bethera, South Carolina. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wrangle Town (historical) | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Spring Head (historical) | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Razorville (historical) | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Farewell Corner | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Conifer (historical) | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Witherbee | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Burtons (historical) | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Limerick | 4.7 miles | 11 |
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 Bethera | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16840975 | 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 1246810. 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.






