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Bennett, Wisconsin

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Bennett town. It lies in ZIP code area 54873. The Survey maps it on the Bennett quadrangle.

Bennett within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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.

Fires near this place

72 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Bennett between 1992 and 2020, burning about 214 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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
Equipment and vehicle use22
Debris and open burning14
Railroad operations and maintenance14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1

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
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 September 2013Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesCOUNTY B/53 FIRE
9 July 2004Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 July 2007Equipment and vehicle use20 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 July 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Bennett: 5 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Bennett Rd Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Berry Rd Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Cecil Williams Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Fire Tower Rd PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hagman Rd Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Wasko Rd Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Douglas County

Storms near this place

11 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bennett in 11 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBennett-Multiple trees were down in Bennett.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindBennett-Lawn furniture and a 50 pound grill were blown across a yard.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindBennett-Sporadic tree and power line damage at this location and near Lake Nabagamon.
June 2018Flash FloodBennett-County Highway A was closed between Solon Springs and Amnicon Lake due to water over the road.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindBennett-Shingles were torn off a home.
July 2020HailBennett-no account filed
July 2014HailBennett-no account filed
July 2014HailBennett-no account filed
August 2000HailBennett-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindBennett-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindBennett-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Douglas 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
Beebe3.0 miles10
Hawthorne3.8 miles8
Hillcrest4.4 miles8
Sauntry5.4 miles10
Dobie6.0 miles8
Solon Springs6.8 miles10
Hines7.1 miles8
Middle River8.6 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1561562. 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.

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.