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Bethel, Texas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Weatherford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76087. It stands on Folley Branch. The Survey maps it on the Weatherford South quadrangle.

Bethel within Parker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

194 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 194 fires within 5 miles of Bethel between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,036 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined79
Debris and open burning68
Equipment and vehicle use20
Arson/incendiarism12
Smoking8
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service713 GREENWOOD CUT OFF ROAD
8 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMINERAL WELLS HWY
30 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service982 JOHNSON BEND
24 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHARMONY ROAD FIRE
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceOLD BROCK ROAD
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service396 MM E I 20

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Parker County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bethel: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Weatherford QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Parker 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
Harmony1.4 miles18
Greenwood4.4 miles17
Weatherford4.6 miles17
Earls5.0 miles17
Western Lake5.1 miles20
Center Point5.8 miles17
Brock6.4 miles18
Punkin Center6.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378000. 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.