Rosa, Alabama
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Cleveland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35121. It stands on Whited Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cleveland quadrangle. 376 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
2 figuresRosa grew from 316 to 376 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 316 | |
| 2020 | 376 | +60 (+19%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1889 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1907 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
101 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Rosa between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,346 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 18 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 | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2018 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180907-2 |
| 6 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NER-20130927-001 |
| 22 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160922-1 |
| 19 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | BLOSSOM LANE, AL |
| 19 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 26 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Rosa: 10 occurrences, 9 prospects, 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Flagstone, Manganese, Calcium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graystone Plant | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Brown Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Lamb Quarry | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Oneoneta Quarry | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Blount County | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| No Name, Oneonta Area | Iron | Past Producer | Hematite | |
| Unnamed Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Prospect |
Storms near this place
9 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rosa in 9 storm reports between 1999 and 2020: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosa | $5,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in Rosa. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosa | $2,000 | Trees were blown down on Pine Grove Road, and in the Berry Mountain area, near the Rosa community, northwest of Oneonta. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosa | $1,000 | Trees were blown down across US-231, between Cleveland and Oneonta. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosa | - | Partial roof off house on County Road 57. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosa | - | Several trees uprooted along Highway 231 between the cities of Cleveland and Oneonta. |
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | Rosa | - | Several roads flooded in the city of Oneonta. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosa | - | Trees were reported down in the Rosa area, blocking a roadway. |
| April 2006 | Flash Flood | Rosa | - | Water covered a few roads in Rosa, and made them temporarily impassable. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Rosa | - | Dime to quarter size hail was reported in Rosa. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Easley | 2.7 miles | 21 | |
| Five Points | 2.8 miles | 20 | |
| Cleveland | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Fairview | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Oneonta | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| Hortons Mill | 3.7 miles | 22 | |
| Graystone | 4.5 miles | 21 | |
| Eastwood | 4.5 miles | 20 |
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 Rosa | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q67056 | 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 125932. 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.









