Ben Arnold, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Burlington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76519. The Survey maps it on the Ben Arnold quadrangle.
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 Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Ben Arnold quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
35 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Ben Arnold between 2006 and 2018, burning about 297 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ALDRIDGE FIRE |
| 29 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 8 July 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | N. HWY 77 |
| 6 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 45 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD 133 |
| 2 July 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HALIBURTON FIRE |
| 2 July 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASSFIRE |
| 18 July 2013 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BEN ARNOLD FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ben Arnold in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ben Arnold | $3,000 | Windows were blown out of one side of a house in Ben Arnold. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Ben Arnold | - | Law enforcement reported that County Road 134 located of north of Ben Arnold was closed due to flooding. |
| March 2014 | Hail | Ben Arnold | - | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Hail | Ben Arnold | - | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ben Arnold | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Splawn | 3.0 miles | 7 | |
| Burlington | 3.6 miles | 7 | |
| North Elm | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Clarkson | 4.0 miles | 7 | |
| Silver City | 4.2 miles | 7 | |
| Yarrelton | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| New Clarkson | 5.3 miles | 7 | |
| Belmena | 5.7 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1351865. 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.
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.


