BlockBenton, Missouri
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1998. It stands in St. Louis City. It lies in ZIP code area 63139. It stands on Deer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Webster Groves quadrangle. It stands 479 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 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.
- 1933 USGS Jefferson Barracks quadrangle1:24000
- 1941 USGS Jefferson Barracks quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Webster Groves quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS St Louis quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Webster Groves quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Webster Groves quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
163,964 words on this townshipJournal of the Missouri State Convention, Held at the City of St. Louis, October, 1861, published 1861 names this settlement in its chapter on St. Louis City. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Seventeenth. The major general commanding may nominate to the Governor for commission one assistant adjutant general, two aids-de-camp with the rank of lieutenant colonel ; and the commander-inchief may detail for duty on the staff of the major general commanding such other staff officers as the necessities of the service may require.
Passage source: Journal of the Missouri State Convention, Held at the City of St. Louis, October, 1861, published 1861.
Messrs Bogy, Breckinridge, Broadhead, Bridge, Bush, Douglass, Gravelly, Hall of Buchanan, Holmes, How, Howell, Hudgins, Isbell, Jackson, Johnson, Leeper, Linton, Long, Marvin, McCormack, McDowell, Meyer, Orr, Phillips, Pipkin, Pomeroy, Rowland, Shackelford of St. Louis, Smith of Linn, Smith of St. Louis, Turner, Welch, Woolfolk, Vanbuskirk, Zimmerman.
Passage source: Journal of the Missouri State Convention, Held at the City of St. Louis, October, 1861, published 1861.
Mr. MCFERRAN replied that the object had in view by the appointment of the committee, was in reference to the election laws of the State. He thought that, under the circumstances now surrounding us, our election laws were insufficient.
Passage source: Journal of the Missouri State Convention, Held at the City of St. Louis, October, 1861, published 1861.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on St. Louis City - it names this place 15 more 15 times.
Fires near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Benton between 2006 and 2014, burning about 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 22 March 2014 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 October 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 89 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 89 workings within 5 miles of Benton: 86 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Fire Clay (Refractory), Coal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bambrick-Bates Constr. Co. Quarry 1 | Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Delore Barite Mill | Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Krummel and Buchner Mine | Coal, Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| St Louis Perlite Plant | Perlite | Producer | ||
| Parker-Russell Fireclay Mine | Fire Clay (Refractory), Coal | Past Producer | ||
| Tole and Thorp Fireclay Mine | Fire Clay (Refractory), Coal | Past Producer | ||
| Coffin Mine | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Evans and Howard Fireclay Mine No 7 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Evans and Howard Fireclay Mine No.6 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Gilker Fireclay Mine | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellendale | 0.6 miles | 23 | |
| Hi-Pointe | 0.7 miles | 20 | |
| Clayton-Tamm | 0.7 miles | 20 | |
| Clifton Heights | 1.1 miles | 23 | |
| Cheltenham | 1.2 miles | 20 | |
| Gratiot | 1.2 miles | 23 | |
| The Hill | 1.4 miles | 23 | |
| Wydown Skinker | 1.4 miles | 20 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q34688041 | 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 765631. 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.