BlockBenham, Indiana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Brown Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47042. It stands on Raccoon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rexville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rexville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Benham in 2004, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 November 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge | SAR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Benham: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berry Materialsversailles Plntqy | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Benham in 7 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benham | $5,000 | A large tree was blown across a roadway. Several houses also had shingle damage. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benham | $3,000 | Several trees were downed near the intersection of S Benham Road and E County Road 800 S. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benham | $2,000 | Law enforcement reported a shed destroyed near County Road 700 South and Lemon Road and a large tree and power poles knocked down on West County Road 800 South. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benham | $1,000 | A tree was downed near S. Benham Road and East County Road 800 S. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benham | $1,000 | Two trees were downed due to thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2025 | Flood | Benham | - | High water was reported along East County Road 770 South, just east of South Benham Road. |
| June 2016 | Flood | Benham | - | Water was reported on the road at the intersection of County Road 800 S and South Benham Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olean | 1.7 miles | 9 | |
| Correct | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Cross Plains | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Haney Corner | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Rexville | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Friendship | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Dewberry | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Jolleyville | 5.8 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 430806. 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.