Rockwell, Arkansas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lake Hamilton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71913. It stands on Mazarn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hempwallace quadrangle. 4,548 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 440 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRockwell grew from 3,780 to 4,548 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 | 3,780 | |
| 2020 | 4,548 | +768 (+20%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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 Hempwallace quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Arkadelphia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
136 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Rockwell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 751 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 17 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 | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Hot Springs National Park | BSNAKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Rockwell: 7 producers, 2 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Job No Joo-235 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hot Springs Mill | Silica | Producer | ||
| Mc Earl Mine | Silica | Producer | ||
| Natural Hones Mill | Silica | Producer | ||
| Hot Spring City Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hot Springs Village Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| James Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Hill | 1.6 miles | 8 | |
| Piney | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Lake Hamilton | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Hempwallace | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Pettyview | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Hot Springs | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Sunshine | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Hawes | 6.0 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 Rockwell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2285893 | 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 1866994. 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.





