BlockBentley, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Norwalk Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51559. The Survey maps it on the Neola quadrangle. 93 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,270 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBentley fell from 118 to 93 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 118 | |
| 2020 | 93 | -25 (-21%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1954 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Neola quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Neola quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Bentley between 2006 and 2014, burning about 42 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bentley in 6 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2021 | Tornado (EF2) | Bentley | - | A narrow EF-2 tornado began producing damage near Mahogany Road and 290th St and tracked north northeast into the southeast edge of Neola and then caused intermittent damage near Railroad Highway North of Neola. The most significant damage was to a home along 290th street where the roof was removed and walls blown out. A nearby garage was moved off of its foundation and approximately 10 mature trees were all uprooted behind the home with substantial damage to hardwood trees in the front yard. The narrow nature of this tornado was evident in the damage path as nearby barns on the east side of the track had low-end damage, possibly owing to the significant forward speed of the tornado. The tornado was seen briefly by the resident before seeking shelter. A business on the southeast side of Neola also had substantial damage to large metal buildings, at least two of which were destroyed. |
| June 2014 | Tornado (EF2) | Bentley | - | This short-lived tornado impacted a number of farmsteads as it tracked quickly to the southeast. The tornado downed trees, power lines, and completely destroyed outbuildings along its path. The tornado was embedded within a larger area of damaging winds associated with this intense supercell. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bentley | - | A particularly intense downburst associated with a supercell occurred from near 8 miles northwest of Oakland through the city of Oakland. Embedded within the downburst was a significant tornado to the west of Oakland, but otherwise the damage was caused by straight line winds. The winds downed high-tension electrical lines, downed trees, and produced some structural damage. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Bentley | - | Approximately 50 acres of crops were completely flattened in an area approximately 2.5 miles long and 1 mile wide centered near 340th and Juniper Rd. In this area the hail covered the ground white with a few stones nearly half dollar-size and was accompanied by winds at least at 40 mph. Otherwise damage was spotty. Heavy rain also accompanied the thunderstorm reducing visibility to a quarter mile or less along Highway 6 for a short period of time. In Oakland, a report of 0.80 inches of rain fell in 15 minutes. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bentley | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Bentley | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Underwood | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| York Center | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| McClelland | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Neola | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Quick | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Weston | 6.9 miles | 12 | |
| Minden | 7.4 miles | 11 |
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 Bentley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5726236 | 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 454518. 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.