Roseboro, Alabama
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the New Market census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35761. The Survey maps it on the New Market quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1888 USGS Scottsboro quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Scottsboro quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1936 USGS New Market quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS New Market quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS New Market quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
140 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Roseboro between 1997 and 2020, burning about 359 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 | 96 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | FELIX |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roseboro in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Roseboro | - | A tornado tracked from Lincoln County in Tennessee into far northeast Madison County. Before the tornado dissipated, it uprooted trees and snapped large branches along Old Winchester Road and Cox Run Lane. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Roseboro | - | Heavy rainfall from strong to severe thunderstorms produced water six inches deep over Alabama Line Road. Also, water was reported flowing across Honey Drive nearby. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Roseboro | - | Six inches of water was reported flowing over Alabama Line Road along the state border and over Honey Drive near the Jenny River just west of Plevna. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steele Crossing | 0.6 miles | 20 | |
| Plevna | 1.7 miles | 20 | |
| Hillsboro | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Fairview | 3.8 miles | 20 | |
| Mint Spring | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| New Market | 5.3 miles | 20 | |
| Walnut Grove | 5.7 miles | 20 | |
| Union Grove | 5.7 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156995. 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.









