Roseland, California
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Santa Rosa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95407. It stands on Matanzas Creek. The Survey maps it on the Santa Rosa quadrangle. 6,325 people lived here at the 2010 count. It stands 135 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1916 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1916 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 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.
- 1916 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Napa quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
453 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 453 fires within 5 miles of Roseland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 441 acres in total. None started naturally. 45 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 | 237 |
| Smoking | 69 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 61 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 45 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | RUSSELL |
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Roseland: 5 past producers, 4 producers, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Perlite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stirling | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Location | Perlite | Prospect | ||
| Z and G Quarry and Mill | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Petaluma Hill Road | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Zamaroni Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| O Connor | Stone | Producer | ||
| O Connor | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Onsrud Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Onsrud Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Parker Hill Ranch | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect |
Storms near this place
3 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roseland in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 3 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2019 | Flood | Roseland | 1 killed | Santa Rosa Fire Department reported that a body was found in Santa Rosa Creek west of the Pierson St Bridge https://patch.com/california/sonomavalley/body-recovered-santa-rosa-creek. |
| December 2025 | Flood | Roseland | - | One to two feet of water blocked the number 1 and 2 lanes of the connector from eastbound California Highway 12 to southbound Highway 101. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Roseland | - | Roadway flooding at Hall Rd and Park Royal Ave. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Santa Rosa | 1.2 miles | 23 | |
| Santa Rosa | 1.5 miles | 23 | |
| Bellevue | 1.6 miles | 23 | |
| McCauley (historical) | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| Monroe | 2.4 miles | 20 | |
| Montgomery Village | 2.6 miles | 23 | |
| Riccas Corner | 3.2 miles | 20 | |
| Llano | 3.6 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 Roseland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2166903 | 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 1799481. 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.










