BlockBench, Idaho
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 2005. It stands in the Grace census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83241. It lies near Christensen Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Grace quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1948 USGS Soda Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Soda Springs quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Grace quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Soda Springs quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2005 USGS Grace quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
17 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Bench between 1994 and 2020, burning about 45 acres in total. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | CHEATBECK RIDGE |
| 5 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | LAGO |
| 31 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | SODA PEAK |
| 29 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | not named |
| 27 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.5 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | LAGO |
| 26 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | COLD SPRINGS |
| 24 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 acres | Caribou County | POLETHIEF CANYON |
| 19 August 2000 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | TROUT CREEK |
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 Bench: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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.
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 Bench | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48851903 | 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 396102. 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.