BlockBennettville, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hazelton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56431. It lies near Farm Island. The Survey maps it on the Spirit Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1916 USGS Wealthwood quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Spirit Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Mille Lacs Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
110 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Bennettville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 267 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 burning | 58 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 July 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bennettville in 7 storm reports between 2012 and 2022: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bennettville | - | Multiple docks were blown into Farm Island Lake. Trees 8-12 inches in diameter were also uprooted or snapped. |
| August 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Bennettville | - | The waterspout developed over the northwestern arm of Farm Island Lake east of Johnson's Point and moved to the southeast, passing just offshore of the southwest tip of the point. It then turned a little more easterly and passed near or over the northern tip of First Island and over open water before moving over the southern part of Delicarlia Peninsula. Docks were damaged at this location along with a few boats flipped and tree damage. The waterspout then turned more easterly and moved across Church Camp Bay before reaching shore again, damaging another dock, flipping multiple boats and causing sporadic tree damage. It then turned a but more southeasterly and traveled through a grove of trees and dissipated before reaching US Highway 169. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bennettville | - | Numerous trees were damaged or blown down near Little Pine Lake and Hickory Lake. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Bennettville | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Bennettville | - | no account filed |
| September 2018 | Hail | Bennettville | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Bennettville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cutler | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Nichols | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Wealthwood | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Glory | 7.9 miles | 10 | |
| Aitkin | 9.3 miles | 10 | |
| Pine Knoll | 12.1 miles | 10 | |
| Glen | 12.4 miles | 10 | |
| Rossburg | 12.8 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 639928. 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.