Bennett, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Parker Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71858. The Survey maps it on the Willisville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bennett within Nevada County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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.

1901 USGS Gurdon quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Willisville quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Hope quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

101 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Bennett (historical) between 1997 and 2019, burning about 576 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 24 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
Debris and open burning	27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	25
Arson/incendiarism	24
Equipment and vehicle use	12
Natural	9
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Smoking	1
Recreation and ceremony	1
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
8 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2015	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 2005	Debris and open burning	36 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 2011	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 2005	Natural	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 2011	Natural	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 1997	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nevada County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bennett (historical): 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Rosston Deposits	Iron	Past Producer
Unk	Iron	Past Producer
Unk	Iron	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Nevada 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Brisbane (historical)	1.6 miles	15
Azor	3.0 miles	15
Sutton	3.4 miles	15
Bodcaw	3.6 miles	15
Mount Moriah	3.9 miles	15
New Mount Moriah (historical)	4.0 miles	15
Harmony	4.0 miles	15
Clayton (historical)	4.1 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 75255. 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.