De Roche, Arkansas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in De Roche Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71929. It stands on Sanders Creek. The Survey maps it on the De Roche quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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.
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS De Roche quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Arkadelphia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
134 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of De Roche between 1997 and 2019, burning about 848 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 46 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 burning | 49 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | 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 De Roche: 1 unknown. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names De Roche in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2018: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | De Roche | $5,000 | Several trees were blown down. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | De Roche | $5,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down in De Roche. |
| February 2018 | Flood | De Roche | - | Arkansas State Police reported Highway 84 near McCann Drive and Deer Creek Road was blocked due to high water. |
| June 2011 | Hail | De Roche | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | De Roche | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | De Roche | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | De Roche | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | De Roche | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanders (historical) | 1.0 miles | 7 | |
| Antioch | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Caney | 5.0 miles | 7 | |
| Duffie (historical) | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Old De Roche | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Bismarck | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Oak Bower | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Saginaw | 6.7 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122568639 | 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 76757. 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.





