BlockBengel, Arkansas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Bryan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72112. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Augusta NE quadrangle.
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.
- 1935 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:62500
- 1967 USGS Augusta NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1971 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Searcy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Bengel between 1999 and 2017, burning about 357 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 April 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 March 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 March 2006 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 November 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 November 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 October 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 255 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 January 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bengel: 1 producer. All of them 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viking Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spriggs Mill | 0.2 miles | 11 | |
| Ingleside | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Old Grand Glaise | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Grand Glaise | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Weldon | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Coffeeville | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Horseshoe | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Possum Grape | 4.9 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122589526 | 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 57358. 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.