Bennettsville, Iowa
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52079. The Survey maps it on the Zwingle quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1901 USGS Peosta quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1935 USGS East Dubuque quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS East Dubuque quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Zwingle quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Dubuque South quadrangle1:100000, 4 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Bennettsville (historical) between 2009 and 2018, burning about 55 acres in total. None 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 | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 July 2012 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 12250 SWILL VALLEY RD PEOSTA, IA 52068, IA |
| 6 January 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Bennettsville (historical): 8 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Lead, Zinc, Cadmium, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Mill-Concentrator | Zinc, Cadmium, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Occurrence | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | ||
| Zwingle Mines and Occurrences | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Arnsdorf | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hanten Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Koos Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Thole Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Trappist Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyclough | 4.6 miles | 20 | |
| Zwingle | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| Washington Mills | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Bernard | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Key West | 6.6 miles | 20 | |
| Rockdale | 7.7 miles | 20 | |
| King | 7.9 miles | 20 | |
| Cattese | 8.7 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464164. 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.








