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Benedict, Minnesota

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Lakeport Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56461. It stands on Kabekona River. The Survey maps it on the Benedict quadrangle. It stands 1,319 feet above sea level.

Benedict within Hubbard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

74 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Benedict between 1992 and 2020, burning about 135 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 were 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 burning37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
1 September 2004Debris and open burning9.6 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 August 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 August 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 August 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.6 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 July 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 June 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreChippewa National ForestBAYVIEW
21 June 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hubbard County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Benedict: 2 occurrences. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cass County Marl Beds No 2Limestone, GeneralOccurrence
Cass County Marl Beds No 3Limestone, GeneralOccurrence

Every working recorded in Hubbard County

Storms near this place

9 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Benedict in 9 storm reports between 2003 and 2024: 4 hail, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2017Thunderstorm WindBenedict$200,000Numerous trees were blown down around Kabekona Lake and across southern Lakeport Township. Peak winds were estimated from 85 to 95 mph.
June 2017Tornado (EF1)Benedict$150,000A weak tornado tracked to the northeast through a tree line and farmstead. The tornado snapped or uprooted numerous oak and pine trees, blew in part of a wall on a barn, and tore the roof off of a pole shed. Peak winds were estimated at 105 mph.
June 2024HailBenedict-Social media reports of hail in and to the northwest of Walker towards Benedict. Time estimated from radar with account of hail before 5:30 PM.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindBenedict-A few trees were blown down between Kabekona and Benedict lakes.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindBenedict-Three spruce trees were snapped about 20 feet above the ground.
July 2017HailBenedict-Heavy rain and a lot of dime to quarter sized hail fell across east central Lakeport Township.
June 2010Tornado (EF0)Benedict-The tornado tracked northeastward for about a mile against the west end of Lake Kabekona. Several large branches were broken down along its path. Peak winds were estimated at 80 mph.
July 2003HailBenedict-no account filed
July 2003HailBenedict-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hubbard County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Laporte5.1 miles9
Akeley10.8 miles9
Guthrie11.2 miles9
Kabekona Corner11.2 miles8
Farris15.1 miles9
Nevis15.5 miles9
Nary16.0 miles9
Lake George16.3 miles8

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 BenedictAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4887236The 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 655332. 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.