Bensons Landing, Montana

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Livingston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59047. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Livingston quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bensons Landing within Park County

On record in Bensons Landing

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.

Ebert Ranchlisted 1979 · 0.9 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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.

1891 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:250000
1893 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1947 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
1948 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
1951 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
1955 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1965 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
1992 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

12 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Bensons Landing (historical) between 2012 and 2019, burning about 1,803 acres in total. 3 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	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Natural	3
Fireworks	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
4 September 2019	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Park County	RAILROAD
3 September 2019	Natural	under an acre	Park County	BENNET ST
11 September 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Central Land Office	not named
14 August 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Central Land Office	not named
10 August 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Central Land Office	not named
8 July 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Southern Land Office	IRON HOURSE
7 July 2019	Natural	under an acre	Park County	RURAL ELECTRIC
7 July 2018	Fireworks	under an acre	Central Land Office	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Park County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Bensons Landing (historical): 4 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Calcium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Travertine Quarry	Stone, Dimension	Producer
Mission Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Ninth Street Island Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Zook # 2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Meigs Property	Calcium	Occurrence
Unnamed Calcite	Calcium	Occurrence
Unnamed Calcite	Calcium	Occurrence
Unnamed Calcite Occurrence	Calcium	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Park 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Branding Iron Addition	2.5 miles	21
Five Acre Tracts/Acreville Addition	2.5 miles	21
Green Acres Addition	2.5 miles	21
High Ground Addition	2.5 miles	21
Livingston	2.5 miles	21
Minnesota Addition	2.5 miles	21
Palace Addition	2.5 miles	21
Park Addition	2.5 miles	21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1743089. 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.