BlockRosebud, Georgia
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Snellville-Grayson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30052. It stands on Brushy Fork. The Survey maps it on the Loganville quadrangle. It stands 902 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1896 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Loganville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
136 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Rosebud between 1992 and 2016, burning about 414 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 34 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 burning | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 34 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 4 |
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 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-WALTON-002 |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-WALTON-004 |
| 6 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-WALTON-001 |
| 20 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-ROCKDALE-003 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rosebud in 7 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 4 lightning, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2009 | Lightning | Rosebud | 1 hurt | The Gwinnett Daily Post reported that a woman, at her residence on the Gwinnett county side of Loganville, was injured by a nearby lightning strike. She was just stepping off the back porch of her home in the 4000 block of Beaverton Circle when lightning struck a nearby tree. She was treated and released from the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. |
| August 2009 | Lightning | Rosebud | $250,000 | The Atlanta-Journal Constitution reported that lightning struck a home on Lenora Church Road at Lee Road, just south of Snellville. The resulting fire, which started in the bedroom, was quickly extinguished. However, the remainder of the home suffered extensive heat and smoke damage. The three occupants escaped uninjured. |
| June 2011 | Lightning | Rosebud | $50,000 | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that multiple structure fires were responded to by fire crews on Zoey Lee Drive Southwest off Temple Johnson Road in Rosebud. The extent of the damages was not provided. |
| May 2009 | Lightning | Rosebud | $25,000 | The Gwinnett Daily Post of Lawrenceville reported that lightning struck a home in the 1200 block of Preserve Park Drive on the Gwinnett county side of Loganville, between Snellville and Loganville. The fire was quickly extinguished with only minor damage occurring. Although a family of four was home at the time of the incident, no injuries or fatalities occurred. |
| December 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosebud | $1,000 | A tree was downed on Rosebud Rd at Virgil Moon Rd. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosebud | $1,000 | A trained spotter reported a large tree blown down southwest of Loganville. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Rosebud | - | The public reported hail the size of half dollars along Joseph Eli Drive. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lenora | 2.0 miles | 22 | |
| Innsbrook | 2.3 miles | 22 | |
| Rose Garden | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Summer Place | 2.4 miles | 22 | |
| Caleb | 2.7 miles | 22 | |
| The Station | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Compton Woods | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Innsbrook West | 2.9 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 Rosebud | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28946234 | 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 332922. 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.
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.