Rosston, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Caney Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71858. The Survey maps it on the Willisville quadrangle. 272 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 387 feet above sea level.
On record in Rosston
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 2 records
Camden to Washington Road-Rosston Segmentlisted 2009
Carolina Methodist Churchlisted 1991
Population over time
3 figuresRosston grew from 265 to 272 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 | 265 | |
| 2010 | 261 | -4 (-2%) |
| 2020 | 272 | +11 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1901 USGS Gurdon quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Willisville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Hope quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
79 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Rosston between 1997 and 2020, burning about 753 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 20 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 | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 36 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
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 Rosston: 8 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| E Ingram | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mccrea Property | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Rosston Deposits | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
30 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rosston in 30 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 20 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosston | $30,000 | Numerous trees downed. Minor damage to one church and two homes. |
| January 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosston | $20,000 | Damage to houses from fallen trees. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosston | $10,000 | Trees downed near Rosston, Arkansas. Other trees were downed along Hwy 278 in Nevada County. A vehicle struck a downed tree and the accident resulted in two injuries. |
| January 1998 | Hail | Rosston | $10,000 | Trees were also pushed over along Hwy 371. Minor damage to homes was reported. Hail was three inches deep downtown. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosston | - | Reports of widespread damage and trees downed across Nevada County. |
| February 2020 | Hail | Rosston | - | Quarter size hail fell along Highway 278 just southeast of Rosston. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosston | - | Trees and powerlines were downed across the entire county. |
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosston | - | Large tree limbs and other debris was scattered across Hwy. 371 south of Rosston, Arkansas. |
| March 2008 | Hail | Rosston | - | Quarter to golfball sized hail on the outskirts of town. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Rosston | - | AN EF1 tornado with wind speeds between 90 and 100 mph touched down briefly in a heavily wooded area along CR 36 about 2 miles west southwest of Rosston. The tornado then moved east southeast through a mainly wooded area before lifting 1 mile south of Rosston just east of U.S. 371. Over the path...several oaks and pine trees were uprooted or snapped. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Rosston | - | Flash flooding was reported by postal officials leading into and away from town. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Rosston | - | Hail fell between Lanesburg and Rosston. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Rosston | - | Many roads flooded across much of the county. Hwy 371 was barricaded near the Mount Moriah church community. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosston | - | Several large trees down. |
| February 1995 | Hail | Rosston | - | Dime-sized hail covered the ground. |
| July 1994 | Hail | Rosston | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some tree limbs. |
| July 1994 | Hail | Rosston | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some tree limbs. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Rosston | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Rosston | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Rosston | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Rosston | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Rosston | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Rosston | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Rosston | - | no account filed |
| October 2000 | Hail | Rosston | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Rosston | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Hail | Rosston | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Rosston | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Hail | Rosston | - | no account filed |
| January 1995 | Hail | Rosston | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Grove | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Irma | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Cale | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| New Mount Moriah (historical) | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Ames | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Mount Moriah | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Waterloo | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Brisbane (historical) | 3.9 miles | 15 |
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 Rosston | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2034955 | 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 54227. 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.







