BlockRob Roy, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Plum Bayou Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72004. It lies near Sheppard Island. The Survey maps it on the Rob Roy quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1935 USGS Altheimer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Rob Roy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS De Witt quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Rob Roy between 2001 and 2019, burning about 153 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 49 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | JEF7475303 |
| 26 December 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Rob Roy: 2 past producers. 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.
Storms near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rob Roy in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2021: 1 flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Flood | Rob Roy | $1,000,000 | Flooding began on the Arkansas River at Pine Bluff on May 26 and continued into June. |
| June 2021 | Heavy Rain | Rob Roy | - | Heavy rain was reported at the Sanders Lock and Dam on the Arkanasas River. In one hour 2.40 inches of rain fell. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilkins | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Lake Dick | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Altheimer | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Lamberts (historical) | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Ellison | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Fairfield | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Newtown | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Atkins Lake | 5.0 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 78187. 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.