Benton Harbor, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1970. It stands in Benton Harbor City. It lies in ZIP code area 49022. It stands on Ox Creek. The Survey maps it on the Benton Harbor quadrangle. 9,103 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 591 feet above sea level.
On record in Benton Harbor
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 5 records
Fidelity Buildinglisted 2002
Mary's City of Davidlisted 2009
Wendell P. and Harriet Rounds Robbins Houselisted 2007
Shiloh Houselisted 1972- Eden Springs Parklisted 2023
Population over time
2 figuresBenton Harbor fell from 10,038 to 9,103 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 | 10,038 | |
| 2020 | 9,103 | -935 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1927 USGS Benton Harbor quadrangle1:62500
- 1930 USGS Benton Harbor quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Benton Harbor quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
61 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Benton Harbor between 2018 and 2020, burning about 68 acres in total. 13 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 | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ST JOSEPH FD 228 - 2020 |
| 1 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ST JOSEPH CHARTER TWP FD STATION 1 2019068 - 2019 |
| 7 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ST JOSEPH FD 159 - 2019 |
| 7 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BENTON CHARTER TWP FD 0000399 - 2019 |
| 22 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BENTON HARBOR FD 293 - 2020 |
| 22 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTH BERRIEN FIRE RESCUE 140 - 2020 |
| 22 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BENTON HARBOR FD 238 - 2019 |
| 19 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BENTON CHARTER TWP FD 0000425 - 2019 |
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 Benton Harbor: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Joseph Terminal Mill | Limestone, General | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Benton Harbor in 11 storm reports between 2003 and 2022: 9 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benton Harbor | $3,000 | A tree fell onto power lines. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benton Harbor | - | Emergency management officials reported a large tree down onto power lines. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benton Harbor | - | Reports of trees down across roads just south of Benton Heights. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benton Harbor | - | Trees down around Berrien County, including Benton Township. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benton Harbor | - | Trees were reported blown down in Benton Harbor as well as south of Waltervliet. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Benton Harbor | - | Emergency management reported water above car tires flowing across I-94. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benton Harbor | - | Trained spotter reported trees down in Benton Harbor. Winds were estimated near 70 MPH. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benton Harbor | - | Law enforcement reported trees down in Benton Harbor. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benton Harbor | - | Numerous trees reported down. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benton Harbor | - | Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down near Benton Harbor. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Benton Harbor | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higman Park | 1.2 miles | 10 | |
| Saint Joseph | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Orchard View Estates | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Fair Plain | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Benton Heights | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| Mizpah Park | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Vineland | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Benton Center | 4.0 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 Benton Harbor | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q818338 | 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 621144. 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.




