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Kent, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71701. The Survey maps it on the Harmony Grove quadrangle.

Kent within Ouachita County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

140 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Kent between 1997 and 2019, burning about 425 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 31 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 burning42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Arson/incendiarism31
Equipment and vehicle use16
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking4

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 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2011Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ouachita 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 Kent: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Quartz, Iron, Sulfur, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
UnkQuartz, Iron, Sulfur, Phosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown
CamdenSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
GarnerSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ouchita County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Standard Gravel Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerbedded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ouachita County

Storms near this place

18 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kent in 18 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 16 flood, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
October 2008Flash FloodKent$25,000Flash flooding occurred on several county roads in Bearden and Harmony Grove. County roads 31 and 34 near Harmony Grove were closed. Also, Ouachita 86, Ouachita 92 and Ouachita 95 were closed.
February 2010FloodKent$15,000Heavy rainfall on the 7th and 8th caused the Ouachita River at Camden to rise above flood stage the afternoon of the 7th. The river remained above flood stage until the afternoon of the 20th, cresting at nearly 34 feet on the afternoon of the 13th.
April 2011FloodKent$5,000no account filed
April 2026Thunderstorm WindKent-Multiple trees fell across Arkansas Highway 7 in the Harmony Grove community north of Camden.
January 2024FloodKent-Heavy rain brought flooding to the Ouachita River at Camden January 24-31, 2024.
February 2024FloodKent-Heavy rain in January brought continued flooding into early February 2024 on the Ouachita River at Camden.
February 2024FloodKent-Rain became more widespread across southern and eastern Arkansas late on the 9th and continuing into the 10th. This brought flooding in mid February 2024 on the Ouachita River at Camden.
April 2022FloodKent-Heavy rain brought flooding to the Ouachita River at Camden in mid April.
June 2022FloodKent-Heavy rain brought flooding to the Ouachita River at Camden.
March 2021FloodKent-Heavy rains brought flooding the Ouachita River at Camden late March through the end of the month.
June 2021FloodKent-Heavy rain brought flooding to the Ouachita River at Camden in mid June 2021.
May 2021FloodKent-Heavy rain brought flooding to the Ouachita River at Camden on May 2, 2021.
April 2020FloodKent-Flooding returned on the Ouachita River at Camden and continued through mid April 2020.
April 2020FloodKent-Flooding developed on the Ouachita River again at Camden in the latter part of April 2020 due to heavy rain.
April 2020FloodKent-Flooding returned on the Ouachita River at Camden for late April 2020 due to heavy rain.
February 2019FloodKent-Heavy rain brought flooding to the Ouachita River at Camden on February 13.
July 2019FloodKent-Heavy rain brought flooding to the Ouachita River at Camden in mid July.
March 2016FloodKent-River flooding was noted at Camded on the Ouachita River.

Every storm recorded in Ouachita 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
Warner1.2 miles15
Harmony Grove2.5 miles15
Camark2.5 miles15
Vanduzer2.8 miles15
Camden3.0 miles17
East Camden4.1 miles16
Lilley (historical)4.8 miles16
Onalaska (historical)4.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58014. 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.