Bethel, Texas

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.

• 1891 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:125000
• 1893 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
• 1925 USGS Dallas 2-b quadrangle1:48000
• 1931 USGS Carrollton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
• 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
• 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
• 1959 USGS Carrollton quadrangle1:62500
• 1959 USGS Carrollton quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
• 1986 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Bethel between 2005 and 2017, burning about 23 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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.

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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Coppell
• Trinity Mills
• Carrollton
• Farmers Branch

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Bethel: 6 producers, 3 past producers, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. 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.

Every working recorded in Dallas County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378001. 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.