Rosehaven, Alabama

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mobile census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36613. It stands on Seabury Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kushla quadrangle.

Rosehaven within Mobile County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1941 USGS Creola quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1942 USGS Kushla quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
1943 USGS Creola quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1953 USGS Kushla quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
1953 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1984 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:100000
1994 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

182 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 182 fires within 5 miles of Rosehaven between 1994 and 2019, burning about 2,073 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 80 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
Arson/incendiarism	80
Debris and open burning	47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	37
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Recreation and ceremony	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Natural	2

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 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 1994	Debris and open burning	11 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
23 August 2007	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
23 August 1999	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
22 August 1999	Arson/incendiarism	40 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
19 August 1999	Natural	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
14 August 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
20 July 2001	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mobile County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Rosehaven: 7 producers, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Laidlaw Number 1 Quarry	Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Unconsolidated Sediments
Laidlaw No. 1 Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Mob 2 Clay Prospect	Clay	Prospect
Brunson Number 5 Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz
Brunson Pit Number 6	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz
Eight Mine Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
S.D. Tew Construction Co. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz
Unnamed Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz
Unnamed Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz

Every working recorded in Mobile 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Henry Road Estates	1.1 miles	27
Ashley Oaks	1.4 miles	27
Eight Mile	1.6 miles	27
Parkwood	1.8 miles	27
College Woods	1.9 miles	30
Indian Springs	2.4 miles	27
Kushla	2.5 miles	27
Indian Hills	2.8 miles	27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 143700. 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.