Rosewood, California
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the West Tehama census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96080. It stands on Salt Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rosewood quadrangle.
Then and now
1890 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1890 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 20 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.
- 1890 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1952 USGS Ono quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Redding quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1979 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Chickabally Mtn quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
36 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Rosewood between 1992 and 2018, burning about 163 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | BAKER |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | VESTAL IC / TAC 3 |
| 3 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | 3-1 |
| 3 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | 3-2 |
| 21 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | HWY 36 W BAKER 2 |
| 21 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | LALAGUNA,L |
| 18 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | PEARS, T |
| 13 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | 1-MAR |
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 Rosewood: 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graves Pit #23 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cevage and Dodson | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Roaring River Dredge | Gold | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rosewood in 1 storm report in 2019: 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Flood | Rosewood | - | The east bound lane of Highway 36 was reported by the CHP to be flooded. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walker Place (historical) | 3.9 miles | 20 | |
| Hercraff Place | 4.3 miles | 20 | |
| Hatfield Place (historical) | 4.5 miles | 20 | |
| Pete Hoff Place | 4.6 miles | 20 | |
| Fowler Place | 4.7 miles | 20 | |
| Swain Place | 6.4 miles | 20 | |
| McCartney Place | 6.6 miles | 20 | |
| Alford Place | 6.8 miles | 22 |
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 Q7368772 | 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 252784. 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.





