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Bennett Springs, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Spring Hollow Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65536. It lies near Danceyard Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Bennett Springs quadrangle.

Bennett Springs within Laclede County

On record in Bennett Springs

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

218 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 218 fires within 5 miles of Bennett Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,109 acres in total. None started naturally. 137 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/incendiarism137
Debris and open burning66
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarism14 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 September 1999Debris and open burning15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarism120 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarism32 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 August 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 August 1999Debris and open burning153 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 August 1999Arson/incendiarism15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laclede County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bennett Springs: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownLeadPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Laclede County

Storms near this place

3 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bennett Springs in 3 storm reports between 1996 and 1997: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 1996Flash FloodBennett Springs$25,000no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindBennett Springs$5,000no account filed
April 1997HailBennett Springs-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Laclede 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
Gilbertson Ford (historical)4.5 miles16
Prosperine6.6 miles16
Smith Ford (historical)7.3 miles16
Sweet Hollow Ford (historical)7.4 miles16
Atchley (historical)7.9 miles14
Tom Hollow Ford (historical)8.2 miles16
Eldridge9.1 miles14
Case9.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 735505. 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.