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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.

Rockwell within Garland County

Population over time

2 figures

Rockwell 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.

YearPeople Change
20103,780
20204,548+768 (+20%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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

136 since 1992

Regional 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 burning54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Arson/incendiarism17
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Fireworks5
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2009Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHot Springs National ParkBSNAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Garland County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Job No Joo-235Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hot Springs MillSilicaProducer
Mc Earl MineSilicaProducer
Natural Hones MillSilicaProducer
Hot Spring City Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hot Springs Village Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
James Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Garland 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
Pleasant Hill1.6 miles8
Piney2.7 miles13
Lake Hamilton3.4 miles11
Hempwallace4.3 miles8
Pettyview4.4 miles8
Hot Springs5.0 miles15
Sunshine5.5 miles8
Hawes6.0 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 RockwellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2285893The 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.