Rockhouse, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in North Township. It stands on Rockhouse Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rockhouse quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 14 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.
- 1900 USGS Eureka Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Eureka Springs quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Rockhouse quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
89 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Rockhouse between 1997 and 2020, burning about 3,694 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 47 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 47 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2012 | Natural | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 May 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 May 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 April 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 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 Rockhouse: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rockhouse in 14 storm reports between 1994 and 2016: 9 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash 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 | Tornado (EF1) | Rockhouse | $250,000 | A tornado destroyed several barns and outbuildings, damaged a couple homes, and snapped or uprooted numerous trees, and blew down power poles. Several cows were killed by flying debris at a farm where several barns were destroyed. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 105 to 115 mph. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Rockhouse | - | Portions of a road between Rockhouse and Huntsville were closed due to high water. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockhouse | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large trees. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockhouse | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew the top off a tree and also blew down several other large tree limbs. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockhouse | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Rockhouse | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Rockhouse | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Rockhouse | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Rockhouse | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Rockhouse | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Rockhouse | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Rockhouse | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Rockhouse | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Rockhouse | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chaplin (historical) | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| West Liberty | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Clifty | 7.2 miles | 14 | |
| Forum | 7.3 miles | 14 | |
| Alabam | 8.9 miles | 14 | |
| Old Alabam | 10.2 miles | 14 | |
| Rock | 10.3 miles | 14 | |
| Marble | 10.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57170. 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.









