Kent, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Goshen-Shady Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36035. The Survey maps it on the Grady quadrangle. It stands 397 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Grady quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
85 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Kent between 1994 and 2020, burning about 574 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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 | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 2019 | Natural | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190909-12 |
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20150906-001 |
| 20 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20150920-001 |
| 18 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20130918-002 |
| 18 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20140917-002 |
| 16 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Kent: 2 unknowns, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Deposit | Iron | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Briar Hill | 2.4 miles | 8 | |
| Shady Grove | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Olustee | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Ansley | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Curry | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| Shellhorn | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Wingard | 8.4 miles | 7 | |
| Orion | 9.0 miles | 8 |
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 Q14679240 | 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 156551. 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.



