BlockBenson, New Mexico
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1973. It stands in the Elida census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88116. The Survey maps it on the Gammil Well NE quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Clovis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Clovis quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Gammil Well NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Benson (historical) between 1994 and 2007, burning about 40,173 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2007 | Natural | 3.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 9 June 2006 | Natural | 4,350 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | DAVIS #3 |
| 6 June 2006 | Natural | 50 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 21 May 2006 | Natural | 9,000 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | WOODY |
| 15 May 2000 | Natural | 700 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | TOLARSPADE |
| 3 February 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | GREATHOUSE |
| 30 November 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 26,000 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RANGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 932898. 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.