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Bennett, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Youngstown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32466. It stands on Little Moccasin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bennett quadrangle.

Bennett within Bay County

Then and now

1944 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bennett, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Bennett, surveyed 1944

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

Fires near this place

143 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Bennett between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,369 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 6 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 burning32
Natural26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use21
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Smoking8
Arson/incendiarism6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1

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
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceJOHN COX RD (03)
30 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBONE LANE #2 (03)
30 September 2019Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBONE LANE #1 (03)
23 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service03/ENFINGER-0556
23 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use10 acresFlorida Forest Service03/BLUE SPRING RD-0613
22 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bay County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bennett: 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand, Calcium, 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
Econfina Limestone ProspectCalcium, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Leon's Borrow Pit - Leon's MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Bay County

Storms near this place

2 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bennett in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2018: 2 flash flood. 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 2018Flash FloodBennett-The Econfina Creek river gauge near Bennett (site BENF1) rose quickly from below action stage into flood stage in less than 6 hours due to Hurricane Michael dumping 5-9 inches of rain in the basin in a short period of time. The creek eventually crested in moderate flood stage.
April 2014Flash FloodBennett-Multiple roads were closed including Clear Creek Road from Timber Run Road to Ann Elizabeth Lane and Oak Tree Lane. One stretch of road had a three foot washout.

Every storm recorded in Bay 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
Econfina1.4 miles15
Couch5.2 miles14
Youngstown5.3 miles14
Saunders6.2 miles14
Bayhead6.4 miles15
Nixon6.4 miles14
Cairo6.7 miles14
Resota Beach6.9 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294674. 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.

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.