BlockZent, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Greenfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72021. It stands on Coon Tail Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brinkley quadrangle. It stands 200 feet above sea level.
On record in Zent
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 1 record
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1940 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Zent between 2000 and 2018, burning about 286 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2007 | Smoking | 210 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2007 | Natural | 18 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 March 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 November 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 January 2000 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Zent in 11 storm reports between 1999 and 2020: 6 flood, 3 flash flood, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Flood | Zent | $35,000,000 | Parts of Arkansas Highways 1, 17, 86, 146, and 302 were closed due to flooding. Some parts of the Sheffield Nelson Dagmar Wildlife Management Area were closed due to flooding. Hundreds of people were evacuated south of Clarendon. In the southern part of the county, communities that were flooded included East Lake, Maddox Bay, Green Lake, and Indian Bay. Flooding also occurred at Deep Elm and Lawrenceville. Altogether, about 750 residences in Monroe County were flooded. Flooding in Monroe County continued into June. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Zent | $1,300,000 | Rainfall measured 7.25 inches 6 miles southwest of Brinkley, while Brinkley collected 7.20 inches of rain. About 40 houses were flooded in Brinkley, primarily in the Snow Addition. Several houses had to be evacuated in the Zent area as well. The Brinkley airport flooded, as did some of the hangars. Parts of U.S. 49, U.S. 70, Arkansas 86, Arkansas 238, and Arkansas 302 flooded, along with numerous county roads. Farm fields were flooded, as well. The University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service reported that 15,000 acres of rice, soybeans, and corn were flooded in the county. |
| April 2011 | Flood | Zent | $275,000 | Widespread areal flooding occurred. |
| December 2009 | Flood | Zent | $250,000 | Flash flooding, which developed early on the morning of the 24th, became widespread areal flooding later in the day on the 24th and continued into Christmas morning. |
| December 2009 | Flash Flood | Zent | $250,000 | Widespread heavy rain led to the development of flash flooding early on the 24th. Several streets in Brinkley were flooded. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Zent | $75,000 | U.S. Highway 49 and Arkansas Highways 302 and 17 were closed due to flooding. Numerous county roads were damaged. |
| July 2014 | Flood | Zent | $25,000 | Due to excessive rain on the morning of June 29th, some roads and fields remained flooded into July. Flooding of homes in Brinkley, primarily in the Snow Addition, and at the Brinkley airport also continued. Arkansas 238 southeast of Brinkley was flooded until the middle of July. |
| June 2014 | Flood | Zent | $25,000 | Due to the excessive rain on the morning of the 29th, some roads and fields remained flooded into July. Flooding of homes in Brinkley, primarily in the Snow Addition, and at the Brinkley airport also continued. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zent | - | A mesonet site northeast of Fargo measured a 74 mph wind gust. |
| October 2009 | Flood | Zent | - | Flash flooding which began early on the 30th became widespread areal flooding later in the day. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zent | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Zent | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8069230 | 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 58930. 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.
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.