BlockBenjamin, Missouri
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Lyon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63435. It stands on Little Sugar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Benjamin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1903 USGS Kahoka quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Benjamin quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Benjamin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Keokuk quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Benjamin between 1994 and 2013, burning about 274 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 April 1994 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 April 1994 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 February 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 November 1996 | Debris and open burning | 65 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 October 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Benjamin: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Benjamin in 1 storm report in 2009: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Benjamin | - | Between 3 and 4 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Several roads were flooded including Highway 16 east of Monticello, between Sugar Creek and Highway Z. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laura | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Derrahs | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Monticello | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Bunker Hill (historical) | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Ten Mile | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Santuzza | 6.1 miles | 18 | |
| Tully | 6.2 miles | 18 | |
| Durgen | 6.2 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740670. 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.