Rottaken, Arkansas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Big Rock Township. It stands on Lorance Creek. The Survey maps it on the Woodson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1891 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Camp Pike quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1940 USGS Woodson quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Woodson quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Woodson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
113 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Rottaken between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,536 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 25 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 | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Rottaken: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweet Home Clay | Aluminum | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rottaken in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2018: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Rottaken | 1 hurt, $450,000 | A tornado touched down near the Arkansas River levee and tracked through the Lands End Plantation. On the plantation, the trailer of a tractor-trailer truck was overturned, an old cotton gin was destroyed, and a 150 year-old pecan orchard was severely damaged. After leaving the plantation, numerous large trees were blown down and outbuildings were damaged. A mobile home was destroyed and its occupant was badly injured. Another mobile home was knocked off its foundation. A 250-gallon propane tank was ripped from its foundation and came unplugged. The tornado exited Pulaski County north-northeast of Wampoo and continued into Lonoke County west-southwest of Willow Belle. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rottaken | - | Several large pine trees were snapped, along with large tree limbs snapped off of trees. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wrightsville | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Woodson | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Tafton | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Bingham | 3.4 miles | 22 | |
| Dickey (historical) | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Hensley | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Ironton | 5.4 miles | 26 | |
| Estes | 5.5 miles | 18 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122589870 | 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 54228. 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.










