BlockBenoit, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Kertsonville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56716. The Survey maps it on the Harold quadrangle. It stands 1,020 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1952 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Harold quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Crookston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
24 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Benoit between 2006 and 2020, burning about 5,494 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Glacial Ridge | PEMBINA TRAIL SNA |
| 9 July 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Glacial Ridge | RIDGE 1 |
| 9 July 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Glacial Ridge | RIDGE 2 |
| 9 July 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Glacial Ridge | RIDGE 3 |
| 6 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Glacial Ridge | CROOKSTON SNA |
| 6 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Glacial Ridge | SECTION 2 |
| 6 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 125 acres | Glacial Ridge | GLACIAL RIDGE 6 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Benoit: 4 producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradshaw Gravel Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bradshaw Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lloyd Bruce Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ruben Olson Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Spring Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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.
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 Benoit | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28095142 | 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 654601. 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.