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.
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
Rockport Cemeterylisted 2002
Population over time
2 figuresRockport 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 755 | |
| 2020 | 676 | -79 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1948 USGS Malvern quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Malvern quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Malvern North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Malvern quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2000 USGS Malvern North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
352 since 1997Regional 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 burning | 152 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 71 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 66 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Smoking | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | HOT22180822 |
| 7 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Jones Mills Smelter | Aluminum | Plant | ||
| Christy Deposit. | Vanadium, Titanium, Niobium (Columbium) | Prospect | 1890, 1976 | |
| Magnet Cove Area | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Magnet Cove Mica Deposit | Mica | Unknown | ||
| Magnet Cove Titanium Corp Deposit | Titanium, Niobium (Columbium) | Past Producer | 1890, 1932 | |
| Malvern Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unk | Silica | Unknown | ||
| Cove Creek | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Rayburn | Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Rock Island Quarry | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
26 since 2000Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Rockport | $100,000 | Many streets were flooded around Malvern. |
| May 2009 | Flood | Rockport | $50,000 | Heavy rainfall caused the need to open Remmel Dam and make extraordinary releases. Some county roads in Hot Spring County were impacted. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockport | $20,000 | Received a report of a tree falling on a house in Malvern, and several trees and power lines were down across the county. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockport | $10,000 | Trees were down in Rockport. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockport | $5,000 | Multiple trees, power lines, and fences were reported down in downtown Malvern. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockport | $5,000 | Trees were down on Arkansas Highway 51. |
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockport | - | Several trees fell across Hot Spring County and specifically in the vicinity of Rockport, AR. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockport | - | A large tree was blown down landing on top of a car causing considerable damage to the vehicle. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Rockport | - | Half Dollar sized hail fell in Malvern. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockport | - | Entergy reported powerlines were downed due to thunderstorm winds about 2 miles north of Malvern near I-40 and east Butterfield-Cutoff Rd. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Rockport | - | Quarter sized hail was observed in Malvern. |
| February 2021 | Flash Flood | Rockport | - | 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 2020 | Flash Flood | Rockport | - | Flooded roads prevented the delivery of newspapers. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Rockport | - | Penny size hail fell at Baptist Medical Center in Malvern. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockport | - | A tree was downed near Highway 270. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockport | - | Law enforcement estimated winds were gusting to 60 mph. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockport | - | A tree was reported down. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockport | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down some large limbs. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Rockport | - | no account filed |
| January 2012 | Hail | Rockport | - | no account filed |
| March 2010 | Hail | Rockport | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Rockport | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockport | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Rockport | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Rockport | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockport | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malvern | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Abco | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Butterfield | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Perla | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Walco (historical) | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Gifford | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Harp | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Magnet Cove | 4.7 miles | 13 |
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 Rockport | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2660601 | 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 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.








