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.
Then and now
1944 to 1988The 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 sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1944 USGS Bennett quadrangle1:24000
- 1945 USGS Bennett quadrangle1:24000
- 1945 USGS Bennett quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Panama City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Bennett quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
143 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 32 |
| Natural | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | JOHN COX RD (03) |
| 30 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | BONE LANE #2 (03) |
| 30 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | BONE LANE #1 (03) |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 03/ENFINGER-0556 |
| 23 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | 03/BLUE SPRING RD-0613 |
| 22 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Econfina Limestone Prospect | Calcium, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Leon's Borrow Pit - Leon's Mine | Sand | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2014Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2018 | Flash Flood | Bennett | - | 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 2014 | Flash Flood | Bennett | - | 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Econfina | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Couch | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Youngstown | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Saunders | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Bayhead | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Nixon | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Cairo | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Resota Beach | 6.9 miles | 15 |
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.








