Roll, Arizona
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Wellton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85347. The Survey maps it on the Roll quadrangle. It stands 262 feet above sea level.
On record in Roll
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 1 record
- Mohawk Valley Schoollisted 1986
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 20 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.
- 1928 USGS Norton quadrangle1:62500
- 1929 USGS Norton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Roll quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Roll quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Roll quadrangle1:50000
- 1980 USGS Dateland quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
23 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Roll between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,399 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Colorado River District | ANTELOPE HILL |
| 19 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | COLFRED |
| 8 June 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | BIG EYE WASH |
| 7 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 923 acres | Colorado River District | ANTELOPE ASSIST |
| 28 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | TAC |
| 22 June 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.3 acres | Colorado River District | RIVER BOTTOM |
| 18 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | ROLL |
| 11 June 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | PEARL |
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 Roll: 1 unknown, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radium Hot Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Roll Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Yuma County Pit & Plant #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roll in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2019: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roll | $250,000 | Strong thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours along the Interstate 8 corridor and they affected the communities of Roll and Tacna. The storms produced gusty microburst outflow winds that were estimated to be as high as 70 mph. According to a trained weather spotter, the damaging winds led to significant damage to trees, power poles, roofs and buildings in the Roll area. The downed power poles caused a power outage that lasted for several days, according to the Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation District. At a local airfield, at least one small plane suffered substantial damage. Fortunately there were no injuries reported. |
| September 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roll | $20,000 | Power outage reported by Wellton Irrigation District lasted about 4 hours. Dome had a power outage beginning at 2:30 pm, lasting about 3 hours. Trees were uprooted and power poles were damaged. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roll | $10,000 | Isolated thunderstorms developed across the central portions of Yuma County including along the Interstate 8 corridor during the evening hours on September 4th. Some of the stronger storms generated gusty and damaging outflow winds. According to a report from the public, at 1820MST outflow winds estimated to be at least 60 mph in strength downed a number of power lines on south Avenue 40 E between E County 5th and 6th Street north of Tacna. The time was estimated by the Yuma County Sheriff Dispatch as well as radar. The damage occurred about 3 miles to the north of the town of Tacna. No injuries were reported as a result of the downed power lines. |
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.
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 Roll | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7360845 | 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 10481. 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.












