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Kensett, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Dogwood Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72082. The Survey maps it on the Kensett quadrangle. 1,400 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 223 feet above sea level.

Kensett within White County

On record in Kensett

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 3 records

Population over time

3 figures

Kensett fell from 1,791 to 1,400 between 2000 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
20001,791
20101,648-143 (-8%)
20201,400-248 (-15%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

48 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Kensett between 1997 and 2020, burning about 486 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony1
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
7 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2012Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2010Arson/incendiarism75 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2014Debris and open burning8.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionWHI17454828

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in White County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Kensett: 9 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Clay. 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
UnkClayPast Producer
MidwestStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Searcy Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unk Gravel Pits 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unk Quarries 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
White Pit No 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in White County

Storms near this place

11 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kensett in 11 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
February 2017Tornado (EF2)Kensett1 hurt, $70,000This tornado was rated EF2 with winds estimated at 115 MPH. There was damage to several homes as well as small shops and outbuildings. Some homes had exterior walls collapsed.
April 2010Tornado (EF1)Kensett$200,000This was the fourth of five tornadoes spawned by the same supercell thunderstorm. Roofs of residences and outbuildings were damaged. Numerous trees were blown down.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindKensett$100,000Four houses sustained roof damage. A porch/carport was blown off one of the houses.Trees were blown down.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindKensett$7,000Large trees were blown down.
May 2021HailKensett-Quarter size hail was shared on social media in Kensett.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindKensett-Law enforcement reported 2 power poles knocked over near the 370 block of Hwy 385 South.
November 2017HailKensett-A storm spotter submitted a report of half-dollar sized hail, from the NWS webpage.
January 2007Flash FloodKensett-Highway 323 southeast of Kensett was closed due to high water.
July 1996Thunderstorm WindKensett-no account filed
February 1996HailKensett-no account filed
April 1994HailKensett-no account filed

Every storm recorded in White 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
Doniphan1.1 miles14
Judsonia3.0 miles11
West Point3.3 miles13
Higginson3.5 miles14
Hedrick (historical)3.6 miles14
Searcy3.9 miles11
Gum Springs (historical)4.1 miles14
Morning Sun4.2 miles14

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 KensettAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79394The 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 81873. 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.