Roff, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in White Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71937. It lies near Cross Mountains. The Survey maps it on the Bog Springs quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Roff within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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.

1913 USGS De Queen quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Cove quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Bog Springs quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS De Queen quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

92 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Roff (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,278 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 37 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
Arson/incendiarism	37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	27
Debris and open burning	15
Natural	7
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
28 September 2002	Misuse of fire by a minor	58 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
26 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	210 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
22 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	7.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
21 September 2010	Natural	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 2002	Debris and open burning	17 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
1 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
8 August 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Roff (historical): 2 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Doty Claim	Manganese	Past Producer
Hablitzel	Manganese	Prospect
Unnamed Prospect	Manganese	Prospect	1941

Every working recorded in Polk 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Bog Springs	1.2 miles	16
Hatton	3.4 miles	16
Vandervoort	4.3 miles	16
Buffalo (historical)	5.5 miles	16
Wickes	5.9 miles	16
Cove	6.2 miles	16
Bethel Chapel	6.4 miles	16
Old Cove	7.6 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 67289. 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.