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Rosedale, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Chattahoochee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32324. The Survey maps it on the Chattahoochee quadrangle.

Rosedale within Gadsden County

Then and now

1954 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rosedale, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Rosedale, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

137 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Rosedale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 861 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 18 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
Debris and open burning47
Railroad operations and maintenance26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Arson/incendiarism18
Equipment and vehicle use12
Natural4
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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
30 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePHILLPIS RD (20)
30 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMASON RD (20)-0596
29 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHARDAWAY (20)
20 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(20) PINEVIEW COMMAND
12 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gadsden County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Rosedale: 4 producers, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Limestone, General. 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 Mat. Inc.(Chattahoochee Plant)Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Chattahoochee PitClayProducer
State Clay PitClayPast Producer
Chattahoochee DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Dravo Basic Materials - Chattahoochee DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand and Gravel
Norman DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Gadsden County

Storms near this place

3 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rosedale in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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
June 2025Thunderstorm WindRosedale-A tree was blown down on I-10 near mile markers 162-163.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindRosedale-A tree was blown down and blocking the eastbound lanes of I-10 at Mile Marker 166.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindRosedale-Trees were blown down onto I-10 between mile markers 166 and 169.

Every storm recorded in Gadsden 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
Hardin Heights2.1 miles13
River Junction2.7 miles13
Chattahoochee3.9 miles13
Hardaway4.2 miles13
Oak Grove4.7 miles13
Sycamore5.0 miles14
Mount Pleasant6.2 miles13
Greensboro6.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295587. 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.