BlockBenson Corner, North Dakota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Gladstone Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58461. The Survey maps it on the Verona NW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1895 USGS Lamoure quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1918 USGS La Moure quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Verona NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS La Moure quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Benson Corner between 2012 and 2019, burning about 34 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 | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | BILLY HANSON |
| 6 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 acres | Kulm Wetlands Management District | HABERMAN |
| 5 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | DARRELL BASSEN |
| 12 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | CHRISTENSEN GRASS FIRE |
| 4 October 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | HENRY KETTERLING |
| 22 October 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | JIM POTTS FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Rapids | 9.4 miles | 12 | |
| Independence | 10.0 miles | 11 | |
| LaMoure | 10.2 miles | 13 | |
| Verona | 10.8 miles | 11 | |
| Marion | 10.9 miles | 10 | |
| Dickey | 14.6 miles | 10 | |
| Fairview Colony | 14.6 miles | 12 | |
| Saratoga Springs (historical) | 16.4 miles | 10 |
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 Q122545439 | 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 1033740. 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.