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Kent, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Callahan-Hilliard census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32046. The Survey maps it on the Hilliard SW quadrangle.

Kent within Nassau County

Then and now

1917 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 71 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kent, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Kent, surveyed 1917

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

156 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Kent between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,942 acres in total. 49 started naturally. 27 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
Natural49
Debris and open burning32
Arson/incendiarism27
Equipment and vehicle use18
Railroad operations and maintenance14
Recreation and ceremony4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
9 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2016Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceROAD 284 (45)
22 September 2007Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Service45 HAMBONE RAIL 2007-07-0543
21 September 1992Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 August 2006Natural324 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCANDLEWOOD 2006-07-0277
28 August 1994Misuse of fire by a minor1.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2000Natural175 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 August 1999Natural50 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nassau County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Kent: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Unnamed Clay DepositClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Nassau County

Storms near this place

8 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kent in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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
December 2023FloodKent$25,000Mutiple roads were flooded across western Nassau County. Ford Rd washed out causing a culvert to fail. Hamp Hicks Rd was closed due to flooding at 2:30 p.m. A section of Bismark Rd was closed. Canal Road was under water but passable. Zidelle Rd, at 4:30 pm, was impassable by cars.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindKent$20,000Numerous trees were blown down across Hilliard. A large tree fell onto a house and a truck along Conner Road. Tree caused significant structural damage to the roof and walls. The truck sustained significant damage to the bed of the truck and the gas tank cap.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindKent$500A tree was blown down near the intersection of County Road 121 and Charles Green Road. The cost of damage was estimated.
July 2015HailKent-Nickel to penny size hail was reported. The time of the event was based on radar.
July 2015Heavy RainKent-Locally heavy rainfall of 3.15 inches was measured during the afternoon into the evening.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindKent-A tree was blown down at the intersection of Henry Lee Road and County Road 121.
January 2010Tornado (EF0)Kent-An EF0 briefly touched down along County Road 121, and winds were estimated around 80 mph. There was significant damage to a mobile home. The cost of damage was unknown.
March 2008Tornado (EF0)Kent-Minor damage to outhouse and trees knocked down along River Road.

Every storm recorded in Nassau 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
Crawford4.6 miles17
Dahoma4.7 miles17
Verdie6.4 miles17
Keene6.9 miles18
Ingle7.4 miles17
Callahan7.7 miles18
Dyal8.6 miles18
Ratliff8.9 miles18

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 KentAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6391565The 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 295388. 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.