Rosewood, California
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Eureka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95503. It stands on Lundbar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eureka quadrangle. It stands 131 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1922 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 65 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1922 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:62500
- 1933 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
125 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Rosewood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 342 acres in total. 2 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 | 57 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | MARSH |
| 8 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 205 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | GILL |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | ELK |
| 5 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | WATER |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | CUTTEN |
| 5 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | BEECHWOOD |
| 4 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | MCKAY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Rosewood: 4 prospects, 3 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Carlson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Freshwater Slough | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Freshwater Slough | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Loofbourrow | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Thompson Brick Co | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Clay | Prospect | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Location | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Location | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
3 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rosewood in 3 storm reports between 2018 and 2025: 2 flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2025 | Flood | Rosewood | - | Flooding reported on Pine Hill road and Elk River Rd. Lat. 40.75N, Long. -124.19W. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Rosewood | - | Roadway flooding at Elk River Road and Herrick Avenue immediately south of Eureka. |
| January 2018 | Hail | Rosewood | - | A driver lost control of their vehicle while encountering accumulating small hail on highway 101. Driver was injured and vehicle sustained damage after impacting a guard rail. |
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.
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 Rosewood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7368768 | 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 1656265. 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.









