BlockBenson, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Cherry Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49601. The Survey maps it on the Cadillac South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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 Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Cadillac South quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Cadillac quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Cadillac South quadrangle1:25000
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
36 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Benson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 44 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WEXFORD 05 |
| 4 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OSCEOLA 02 - JUNK FIRE |
| 4 July 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | FIRECRACKER |
| 26 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CADILLAC DPS 0001180 - 2018 |
| 26 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHERRY GROVE TOWNSHIP FD 0000129 - 2018 |
| 16 June 1995 | Smoking | 1.6 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | TWO - FOR - ONE |
| 1 June 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Benson in 2 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Benson | $260,000 | A brief tornado occurred west of Cadillac, along Benson Road just south of M-55. A garage and part of a kitchen was ripped off of a home and destroyed. The owner was asleep in a bedroom on the other side of the house, and was not injured. An aluminum shed in the yard was wrapped around a tree. A home across the street was shifted slightly off its foundation. A few other nearby homes suffered shingle damage. Several large pine trees were uprooted. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benson | - | Strong winds downed large trees, resulting in the brief closure of M55 near Cadillac. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Axin | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Hobart | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Millersville | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Cadillac | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Haring | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Boon | 7.9 miles | 12 | |
| Missaukee Junction | 8.2 miles | 12 | |
| Meauwataka | 10.2 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1619167. 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.