BlockBenson Junction, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the DeBary-Orange City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32713. It stands on Butchers Bend. The Survey maps it on the Sanford quadrangle. It stands 26 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1955 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 24 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
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Sanford quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
130 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Benson Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,001 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 2008-10-0738 |
| 5 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | WF- LINCOLN |
| 31 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | KONOMAC LAKE (64) |
| 26 August 2000 | Natural | 40 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 August 2007 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | WF DUTCHMANS BEND DEBARRY |
| 1 August 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | WF WEST HIGH BANKS DEBARRY |
| 8 July 2004 | Natural | 40 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Florida | 1.3 miles | 14 | |
| Valdez | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| DeBary | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Enterprise | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Deltona | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Orange City Hills | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Blue Springs Landing | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Orange City | 6.0 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Benson Junction | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4890265 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295127. 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.