Rosalie, Alabama
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Pisgah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35765. It stands on Hogskin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Henagar quadrangle. It stands 1,483 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1886 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1936 USGS Henagar quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Henagar quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Henagar quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
113 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Rosalie between 1994 and 2020, burning about 963 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 33 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 | 50 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 1997 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160924-6 |
| 22 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200922-3 |
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190921-12 |
| 20 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 65 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 785 CR 346, AL |
| 18 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190917-13 |
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 Rosalie: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jac 16 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rosalie in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2008: 5 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1998 | Hail | Rosalie | $10,000 | Golf ball size hail was reported in Rosalie. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosalie | $4,000 | A severe thunderstorm produced winds which downed a 60 foot tree onto a barn on county road 113 in front of the Bellefonte Nuclear Plant. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosalie | $2,000 | Trees were blown down in Rosalie. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Rosalie | - | Quarter size hail was reported to be covering the ground. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Rosalie | - | Hail up to quarter sized was reported. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Rosalie | - | Quarter size hail was reported between Rosalie and Flat Rock in eastern Jackson County. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Rosalie | - | Three-quarter inch hail was reported near Rosalie in eastern Jackson County. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenzaida | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| Shrader | 2.1 miles | 21 | |
| Central | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Pisgah | 4.4 miles | 20 | |
| Fair View | 5.2 miles | 20 | |
| Rorex (historical) | 5.9 miles | 23 | |
| Yucca (historical) | 5.9 miles | 22 | |
| Morris Mill | 5.9 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 Rosalie | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7367177 | 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 153215. 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.










