Rover, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Rover Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72860. It stands on Atcheson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rover quadrangle. 159 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 394 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1890 USGS Hot Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Hot Springs quadrangle1:125000, 5 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
- 1968 USGS Rover quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Lake Ouachita quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
55 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Rover between 1996 and 2020, burning about 612 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 16 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 | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | 12 acres | Ouachita National Forest | ALLEN FOOT #1 |
| 5 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | DANVILLE MTN |
| 29 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2003 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | POWER LINE FIRE |
| 22 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 17 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | POWER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
17 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rover in 17 storm reports between 1993 and 2008: 8 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2008 | Flood | Rover | $600,000 | Heavy rain caused the Fourche LaFave River at Gravelly to go above major flood level. Parts of Arkansas Highway 28 in multiple locations had to be closed because of high water. At least one person drove off into the floodwaters and lost the vehicle but not their life. Downstream, Lake Nimrod rose to its highest level ever with water more than 4.5 feet deep flowing through the emergency spillway. Some homes were isolated by floodwaters and livestock and infrastructure losses were also noted. |
| October 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rover | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rover | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down some power lines. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rover | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some large tree limbs. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rover | - | A weather spotter reported some large tree limbs blown down. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rover | - | Some trees were blown down. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rover | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rover | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Rover | - | no account filed |
| November 2003 | Hail | Rover | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Rover | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Rover | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rover | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Rover | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Rover | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Rover | - | no account filed |
| November 1995 | Hail | Rover | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wing | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Gilkey (historical) | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Wards Crossing | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Briggsville | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Macedonia | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Plainview | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Onyx | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| Shark | 6.7 miles | 16 |
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 Rover | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7371672 | 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 73424. 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.
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.







