Rosedale, California
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rosedale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93312. The Survey maps it on the Rosedale quadrangle. 18,639 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 364 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1910 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 71 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresRosedale grew from 14,058 to 18,639 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 | 14,058 | |
| 2020 | 18,639 | +4,581 (+33%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 27 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.
- 1910 USGS Buena Vista Lake quadrangle1:125000
- 1912 USGS Buena Vista Lake quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1930 USGS Rosedale quadrangle1:31680
- 1933 USGS Rosedale quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1942 USGS Bakersfield West quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Rosedale quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Rosedale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Taft quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
93 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Rosedale between 2005 and 2020, burning about 40 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 21 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 19 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kern County Fire Department | not named |
| 18 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kern County Fire Department | not named |
| 18 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kern County Fire Department | not named |
| 17 September 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 16 September 2019 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Kern County Fire Department | not named |
| 14 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kern County Fire Department | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Rosedale: 3 past producers. None of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caulay Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kern River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rosedale in 3 storm reports between 2022 and 2024: 2 flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Rosedale | - | Broadcast media report of a funnel cloud over Allen Rd. between Hageman Rd. and Rosedale Hwy. in Bakersfield. |
| August 2023 | Flood | Rosedale | - | Public report of roadway flooding at the intersection of Kratzmeyer Rd. and Nord Ave. |
| December 2022 | Flood | Rosedale | - | California Highway Patrol reported flooding on Calloway Dr. underneath the railroad bridge north of Slinker Dr. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenacres | 1.9 miles | 33 | |
| Fruitvale | 3.3 miles | 33 | |
| Una | 3.3 miles | 27 | |
| Quailwood | 3.8 miles | 27 | |
| Jastro | 3.9 miles | 33 | |
| Kern City | 4.3 miles | 27 | |
| Olde Stockdale | 4.4 miles | 27 | |
| Landco | 4.5 miles | 33 |
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 Rosedale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2267331 | 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 1652784. 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.













