BlockNorth Benton, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Alberta Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56329. The Survey maps it on the Ramey quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Ramey quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mora quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mora quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
195 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 195 fires within 5 miles of North Benton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,567 acres in total. None started naturally. 78 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 | 83 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 78 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Benton in 1 storm report in 2011: 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 2011 | Hail | North Benton | - | A picture of 3.50 inch hail was observed north of Gilman, Minnesota. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brennyville | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Jakeville | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Gilman | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Ronneby | 8.0 miles | 10 | |
| Foley | 8.1 miles | 11 | |
| Fruitville | 8.4 miles | 11 | |
| Oak Park | 8.8 miles | 10 | |
| Popple Creek | 9.1 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654850. 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.