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Bennett, Minnesota

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Keewatin City. It lies in ZIP code area 55769. The Survey maps it on the Keewatin quadrangle.

Bennett within Itasca County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

162 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Bennett between 1992 and 2020, burning about 283 acres in total. None started naturally. 106 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
Arson/incendiarism106
Debris and open burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Itasca County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 146 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 146 workings within 5 miles of Bennett: 121 past producers, 13 prospects, 10 producers, 2 plants. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Manganese, Silica, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
Carlz No.1 Reserve H-61Iron, Water, Free, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, SilicaProspect
Carson Lake Reserve H-58Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free, AluminumPast Producer1919
Gordon Annex ReserveIron, Silica, Aluminum, Manganese, Water, Free, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer1949
La Rue MineIron, Aluminum, Manganese, Silica, Water, Free, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer1903
Magnetic Taconite Mesabi Range 22wIron, Water, FreeProspectSurface
National Pit and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ballast PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hanna Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
National Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Campbell A&B ReservesIron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, FreeProspect

Every working recorded in Itasca County

Storms near this place

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bennett in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2021Thunderstorm WindBennett-One healthy balsam tree was snapped in half by the wind along with two older ones being downed as well.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindBennett-Several trees were knocked down along Minnesota State Highway 65 near Buck Lake.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindBennett-There were 4 to 5 inch diameter trees down.
June 2012Flash FloodBennett-Low -lying areas and curb to curb road flooding occurred.
July 2008HailBennett-A tree was blown down and some hail accumulated.

Every storm recorded in Itasca 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
Keewatin1.3 miles11
Nashwauk5.1 miles10
Cooley6.9 miles11
Kevin7.4 miles11
Pengilly8.3 miles11
Jurgenson9.6 miles11
Bengal10.2 miles11
Cort10.3 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654599. 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.