BlockBenton, Colorado
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Timpas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81050. It stands on Benton Arroyo. The Survey maps it on the Hawley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1891 USGS Timpas quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Timpas quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS La Junta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS La Junta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Hawley quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1968 USGS La Junta quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS La Junta quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Hawley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
25 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Benton between 2005 and 2018, burning about 118 acres in total. 1 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.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | La Junta Rural Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 8 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | La Junta Rural Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 4 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | La Junta Rural Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 10 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | La Junta Rural Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 26 July 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | La Junta Rural Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 2 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 9 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Rocky Ford Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 18 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | La Junta Rural Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Benton: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ormega | 5.4 miles | 18 | |
| Hawley | 6.1 miles | 18 | |
| Roberta | 6.4 miles | 18 | |
| Swink | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| La Junta | 8.2 miles | 18 | |
| La Junta Gardens | 8.5 miles | 18 | |
| Timpas | 8.6 miles | 17 | |
| North La Junta | 9.2 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 195630. 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.