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Bentonville, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Alexander Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65355. It lies near Button Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Quincy quadrangle. It stands 935 feet above sea level.

Bentonville within Benton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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.

In the county-history sources

70 words on this township

A Sketch of the History of Benton County, Missouri, published 1876 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Alexander Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Alexander Township - 70 words.

Fires near this place

28 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Bentonville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,975 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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 burning14
Arson/incendiarism10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Natural1
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
2 August 2011Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 2002Debris and open burning33 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 April 1995Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
21 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177385-09342-04212018-1600
11 April 2002Debris and open burning18 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 April 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 March 2020Debris and open burning21 acresMissouri Department of Conservation230759-09342-03082020-2204
8 March 1992Debris and open burning113 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benton County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bentonville: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Benton County

Storms near this place

3 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bentonville in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
March 2026Thunderstorm WindBentonville$20,000Numerous power poles and power lines are down at Highway 83 and Highway EE northeast of Harper.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindBentonville$3,000An outbuilding was flipped upside down northeast of Harper.
May 2003Tornado (F0)Bentonville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Benton 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
Fairfield (historical)4.6 miles23
Wisdom4.8 miles23
Avery5.2 miles20
Pom-o-sa Heights5.8 miles23
Valley View7.4 miles23
Gabriels Mills7.9 miles23
Dell Junction8.6 miles23
Whitakerville8.8 miles23

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 BentonvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4890649The 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 740671. 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.