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Rockport, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 2000. It stands in Fenter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72104. It lies near Steep Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Malvern North quadrangle. 676 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 331 feet above sea level.

Rockport within Hot Spring County

On record in Rockport

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Rockport fell from 755 to 676 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010755
2020676-79 (-10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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

352 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 352 fires within 5 miles of Rockport between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,063 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 66 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 burning152
Missing data/not specified/undetermined71
Arson/incendiarism66
Equipment and vehicle use22
Smoking18
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural7
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Recreation and ceremony2

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
7 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionHOT22180822
7 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hot Spring County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Rockport: 11 producers, 8 unknowns, 6 past producers, 1 prospect. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Barium-Barite. 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
(Facility) Jones Mills SmelterAluminumPlant
Christy Deposit.Vanadium, Titanium, Niobium (Columbium)Prospect1890, 1976
Magnet Cove AreaIronPast Producer
Magnet Cove Mica DepositMicaUnknown
Magnet Cove Titanium Corp DepositTitanium, Niobium (Columbium)Past Producer1890, 1932
Malvern Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkSilicaUnknown
Cove CreekBarium-BaritePast Producer
RayburnBarium-BariteProducer
Rock Island QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Hot Spring County

Storms near this place

26 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rockport in 26 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 13 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 3 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2008Flash FloodRockport$100,000Many streets were flooded around Malvern.
May 2009FloodRockport$50,000Heavy rainfall caused the need to open Remmel Dam and make extraordinary releases. Some county roads in Hot Spring County were impacted.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindRockport$20,000Received a report of a tree falling on a house in Malvern, and several trees and power lines were down across the county.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindRockport$10,000Trees were down in Rockport.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindRockport$5,000Multiple trees, power lines, and fences were reported down in downtown Malvern.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindRockport$5,000Trees were down on Arkansas Highway 51.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindRockport-Several trees fell across Hot Spring County and specifically in the vicinity of Rockport, AR.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindRockport-A large tree was blown down landing on top of a car causing considerable damage to the vehicle.
June 2023HailRockport-Half Dollar sized hail fell in Malvern.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindRockport-Entergy reported powerlines were downed due to thunderstorm winds about 2 miles north of Malvern near I-40 and east Butterfield-Cutoff Rd.
April 2021HailRockport-Quarter sized hail was observed in Malvern.
February 2021Flash FloodRockport-Law enforcement reported vehicles having difficulty driving along roads, with some vehicles stuck, due to flooding in downtown Malvern, especially along Pine Bluff Street.
February 2020Flash FloodRockport-Flooded roads prevented the delivery of newspapers.
June 2020HailRockport-Penny size hail fell at Baptist Medical Center in Malvern.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindRockport-A tree was downed near Highway 270.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindRockport-Law enforcement estimated winds were gusting to 60 mph.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindRockport-A tree was reported down.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindRockport-Thunderstorm winds blew down some large limbs.
August 2018HailRockport-no account filed
January 2012HailRockport-no account filed
March 2010HailRockport-no account filed
April 2007HailRockport-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindRockport-no account filed
April 2001HailRockport-no account filed
May 2001HailRockport-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindRockport-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hot Spring 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
Malvern1.9 miles12
Abco2.7 miles12
Butterfield2.8 miles13
Perla3.3 miles12
Walco (historical)3.4 miles12
Gifford4.4 miles10
Harp4.6 miles12
Magnet Cove4.7 miles13

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 RockportAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2660601The 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 58508. 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.