Roe, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Roc Roe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72134. The Survey maps it on the Roe quadrangle. 68 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 213 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresRoe fell from 124 to 68 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 124 | |
| 2010 | 114 | -10 (-8%) |
| 2020 | 68 | -46 (-40%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 15 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.
- 1935 USGS Clarendon quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Clarendon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Clarendon quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Roe quadrangle1:24000
- 1972 USGS Clarendon quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Roe between 1996 and 2019, burning about 218 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge | RED CAT ROAD |
| 10 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2001 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 February 2014 | Debris and open burning | 135 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | MON1587631 |
| 8 December 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Cache River National Wildlife Refuge | FIRE # 36 |
| 15 November 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Roe: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ark St Hwy Dept Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mobley Cnstrctn Co Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roe in 9 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roe | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down a few trees and damaged some buildings. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roe | $40,000 | Numerous trees and some power lines were blown down. A couple of houses were damaged by falling trees. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roe | $10,000 | Trees were blown down, one of which fell on a mobile home. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roe | $5,000 | Some trees were blown down. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Roe | - | Golf ball sized hail fell in the city of Roe. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roe | - | Trees and stop signs were blown down. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Roe | - | Some crops were damaged by nickel-size hail near Roe. |
| March 2008 | Hail | Roe | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Roe | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burma (historical) | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Aberdeen | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Clarendon | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Duncan | 7.1 miles | 16 | |
| Jeffries | 8.7 miles | 16 | |
| Dobbs Landing | 9.4 miles | 15 | |
| Lenoir (historical) | 10.0 miles | 16 | |
| Park Grove | 10.0 miles | 14 |
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 Roe | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2486295 | 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 58513. 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.











