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Benbow, Florida

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Southwest Glades census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33471. The Survey maps it on the Moore Haven quadrangle.

Benbow within Glades County

Then and now

1956 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 31 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Benbow, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Benbow, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

32 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Benbow between 1996 and 2017, burning about 76,537 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 10 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/incendiarism10
Debris and open burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
2 June 2008Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service(GL) MALELUCCA FIRE (411)
1 June 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHICPOCHEE (22)
22 May 2017Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceRIM CANAL (22)
20 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFlorida Forest Service(GL) RIVER ROAD (702)
2 May 2008Arson/incendiarism38,000 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMYAKKA CUT
16 May 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service(GL) GLADES INN (511)
1 May 2017Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHAGAN (22)
9 April 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHICPOOCHEE (22)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Glades County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Benbow in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2024Tornado (EF1)Benbow-After a tornado moved through Clewiston and rural portions of eastern Hendry County, it entered sugarcane fields in southeastern Glades County around 10:11 AM EST. It traveled another 3.84 miles before dissipating at 10:10:20 AM EST. The tornado was rated as an EF-1, with a total path length of 16.97 miles, and an estimated maximum winds at 95 mph. There were trees and crops damaged across its path in Glades County.

Every storm recorded in Glades 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
Moore Haven2.8 miles11
Liberty Point3.2 miles12
Washington Park3.2 miles11
Shawnee5.0 miles12
Monkey Box8.2 miles11
Fort Centre11.4 miles12
Lakeport11.9 miles12
Sarasota Colony13.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 278477. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.