BlockBenge Corner, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Midland South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79706. The Survey maps it on the Benge Corner quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Pecos quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pecos quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Benge Corner quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Odessa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Benge Corner between 2009 and 2012, burning about 470 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 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ANDERSON PRODUCE FIRE |
| 2 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OKT FIRE |
| 2 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BROOKS FIRE |
| 16 August 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ATHON FIRE |
| 7 June 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1379 E PIT |
| 2 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 450 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WEIGHT STATION FIRE |
| 14 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LOVEJOY FIRE |
| 1 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | E 1379 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corner Windmill | 11.3 miles | 8 | |
| Cotton Flat | 15.1 miles | 9 | |
| Ridgeheights | 16.8 miles | 9 | |
| Sandy Acres | 16.8 miles | 9 | |
| Spraberry | 17.4 miles | 7 | |
| Warfield | 18.1 miles | 8 | |
| Bounce | 18.3 miles | 8 | |
| Midland | 19.9 miles | 9 |
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 Q122593605 | 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 1377989. 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.