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Benjamin, Utah

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Spanish Fork-Payson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84660. The Survey maps it on the Spanish Fork quadrangle. 1,196 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,534 feet above sea level.

Benjamin within Utah County

Population over time

2 figures

Benjamin grew from 1,145 to 1,196 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,145
20201,196+51 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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.

What the histories say of this town

604 words

1 chapter about Benjamin from the published histories of the county, public domain and reproduced complete.

ChapterFrom Length
Utah County: a Graphic Account of Its Foundings, Its Wonderful GrowthUtah County: a Graphic Account of Its Foundings, Its Wonderful Growth and Its Splendid Promise for the Future : Also a Descriptive Review of Its Resources, Attractions, Industries, Leading Business Houses and Institutions, with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Its Pioneers and Early Settlers (1897)604 words

Fires near this place

274 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 274 fires within 5 miles of Benjamin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,450 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 9 were 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/undetermined145
Debris and open burning78
Equipment and vehicle use11
Arson/incendiarism9
Firearms and explosives use9
Natural8
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks2
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands8660 S.
7 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State Landsnot named
7 September 2002Other causesunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsOUT HOUSE FIRE
6 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSALEM CANAL FIRE
5 September 2001Debris and open burning7.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSHEPHERD
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsACE
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSWEDE LANE
4 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWELDING

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Utah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Benjamin: 13 producers, 11 past producers, 3 occurrences. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Iron, Silver, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Clay Canyon DepositGemstoneProducer
MilkmaidSilver, Lead, GoldPast ProducerReplacement
Silver Hill PropertyManganeseProducer
Us Ferto CorpPhosphorus-PhosphatesProducer
West Mountain Ne ProspectIronOccurrenceSurface
UnknownLimestone, GeneralProducer
West Mountain N. Central ProspectsLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceCalcite
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Utah 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Lake Shore1.6 miles21
Lewis1.7 miles21
Leland2.2 miles21
Palmyra3.4 miles22
Payson3.7 miles21
West Mountain4.0 miles20
Spanish Fork4.2 miles21
Salem4.4 miles21

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.

Wikipedia article on BenjaminAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2780766The 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 1438593. 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.