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.
Population over time
2 figuresBenjamin 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,145 | |
| 2020 | 1,196 | +51 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1885 USGS Salt Lake quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1948 USGS Spanish Fork quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Provo quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Spanish Fork quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Provo quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Spanish Fork quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Spanish Fork quadrangle1:24000
What the histories say of this town
604 words1 chapter about Benjamin from the published histories of the county, public domain and reproduced complete.
| Chapter | From | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Utah County: a Graphic Account of Its Foundings, Its Wonderful Growth | Utah 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 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 145 |
| Debris and open burning | 78 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 9 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | 8660 S. |
| 7 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | not named |
| 7 September 2002 | Other causes | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | OUT HOUSE FIRE |
| 6 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SALEM CANAL FIRE |
| 5 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SHEPHERD |
| 5 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ACE |
| 4 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SWEDE LANE |
| 4 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WELDING |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Canyon Deposit | Gemstone | Producer | ||
| Milkmaid | Silver, Lead, Gold | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Silver Hill Property | Manganese | Producer | ||
| Us Ferto Corp | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Producer | ||
| West Mountain Ne Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | Surface | |
| Unknown | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| West Mountain N. Central Prospects | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Calcite | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Shore | 1.6 miles | 21 | |
| Lewis | 1.7 miles | 21 | |
| Leland | 2.2 miles | 21 | |
| Palmyra | 3.4 miles | 22 | |
| Payson | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| West Mountain | 4.0 miles | 20 | |
| Spanish Fork | 4.2 miles | 21 | |
| Salem | 4.4 miles | 21 |
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 Benjamin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2780766 | 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 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.









