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Rosinton, Alabama

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Robertsdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36551. The Survey maps it on the Robertsdale quadrangle.

Rosinton within Baldwin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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.

Fires near this place

385 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 385 fires within 5 miles of Rosinton between 1994 and 2020, burning about 7,170 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 177 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/incendiarism177
Debris and open burning135
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use17
Recreation and ceremony14
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural3
Smoking2
Fireworks2
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarism32 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2019Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190927-12
26 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20150926-003
25 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1999Arson/incendiarism25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baldwin County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Rosinton: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Radcliff Materials, Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Baldwin County

Storms near this place

8 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rosinton in 8 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2015Thunderstorm WindRosinton$30,000Severe thunderstorm winds resulted in structural damage to a few homes in the Rosinton area. Numerous trees were also blown down.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindRosinton$7,000no account filed
July 2013Thunderstorm WindRosinton$4,500Trees blown down by severe thunderstorm winds on County Road 64 near Rosinton.
July 1999LightningRosinton$3,000A shed was struck by lightning and caught fire.
March 2022Tornado (EF0)Rosinton-A brief, weak EF0 tornado with winds upwards of 75mph occurred in|Baldwin County, Alabama just northeast of Rosinton 3/30/22. The|tornado began in a limited access area where a couple freshly|snapped tops to pine trees were noted across the field. Due to|limited road access and brevity of the tornado, the path and end|point are estimated by radar debris signature and velocity couplet|duration.
December 2021Flash FloodRosinton-River Road was washed out near Brady Road due to a rapid rise of the nearby Styx River. The nearby Styx River gauge at Smith's Landing rose 10 feet from 11pm on the 9th to 9am on the 10th.
September 2008Funnel CloudRosinton-Several funnel clouds reported over the Wilcox Road Exit on I-10.
July 2000HailRosinton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Baldwin 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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Loxley3.2 miles18
Robertsdale4.6 miles16
Ellisville5.3 miles18
Styx River Estates5.4 miles17
Silverhill5.9 miles18
Yelling Settlement7.6 miles18
Elsanor7.7 miles17
Steelwood8.3 miles18

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.

Wikidata item Q122550549The 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 125953. 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.