BlockKent Estates, Iowa
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Bloomington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52761. The Survey maps it on the Muscatine quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1948 USGS Muscatine quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Muscatine quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Muscatine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Muscatine quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Kent Estates between 2013 and 2015, burning about 33 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 March 2013 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Kent Estates: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muscatine | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Summit | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Dayfield (historical) | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Sweetland Center | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Fruitland | 7.9 miles | 9 | |
| Ardon | 8.0 miles | 9 | |
| Moscow | 8.0 miles | 14 | |
| Fairport | 8.6 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2806507. 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.