Roll Arizona Map

About Roll, Arizona

Roll is a locality in Yuma County, Arizona, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Roll is located at 32.7517°N, 113.9891°W. It observes the Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) timezone. ZIP code: 85347.

Roll sits upon a vast, sun-bleached expanse where the horizon stretches thin and taut, defined by the relentless clarity of the desert light. It lies 25.4 miles east-northeast of Fortuna Foothills, AZ (from Fortuna Foothills, AZ: bearing 75°T), and is situated 10.7 miles east-northeast of Wellton. To the north, the landscape is marked by the presence of the Gila River, which carves a narrow, verdant vein through the arid basin, while the distant, jagged silhouette of the Wellton Hills anchors the southern view. The ground here is composed of fine, pale silt and baked earth, occasionally punctuated by the hardy resilience of ocotillo and scrub brush that seem to draw their very substance from the heat. In the quiet hours of late afternoon, the shadows lengthen across the flat plains with a deliberate, heavy grace, turning the dust into a fine, golden powder that hangs suspended in the cooling air.

Roll functions primarily as a quiet nerve center for the surrounding agricultural industry, where vast fields of produce are organized into geometric grids that defy the wilder tendencies of the desert. The Texas Hill Lands, located just a few miles away, provide a stark reminder of the rugged, untamed geological history that predates the systematic irrigation of these fertile rows. Life in Roll moves in accordance with the seasonal cycles of the harvest, a rhythm punctuated by the low hum of machinery and the steady movement of water. While the Salton Tanks lie thirteen miles distant, their presence is felt more as a conceptual boundary than a destination, leaving the local focus firmly on the cultivation of the soil and the maintenance of the irrigation networks that sustain this remote corner of the basin.

About This Roll Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Roll, Arizona. Coordinates: 32.751713, -113.989099. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Roll includes the ZIP code (85347), telephone area code (480), county seat of Yuma County (Yuma), and school district assignment.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.