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Rosedale, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Armuchee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30701. It stands on Muck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Plainville quadrangle.

Rosedale within Floyd County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

228 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 228 fires within 5 miles of Rosedale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,156 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 40 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 burning145
Arson/incendiarism40
Equipment and vehicle use12
Recreation and ceremony10
Natural9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Misuse of fire by a minor5

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
9 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020FLOYD004
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-FLOYD-015
28 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2016Debris and open burning4.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-FLOYD-014
23 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use17 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Floyd 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: 3 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Clay, Barium-Barite. 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
Floyd PropertyBarium-BaritePast Producer
Plainville Brick Co Pits No. 1ClayPast Producer
Shropshtre Deposit 1AluminumProspect
C.J.Hord PropertyIronProspect
C.S. Bryan PropertyIronUnknown
Plainville Area-A?Past ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Floyd County

Storms near this place

1 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rosedale in 1 storm report in 2018: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2018Thunderstorm WindRosedale1 hurt, $10,000The Floyd County 911 center reported numerous trees and power lines blown down across the northern part of the county in the Plainville, Everett Springs and Armuchee areas. One male received minor cuts when a glass door was blown in west of Armuchee.

Every storm recorded in Floyd 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
Margie (historical)2.6 miles17
Floyd Springs2.6 miles16
Everett Springs3.9 miles17
Warren4.8 miles17
Armuchee5.2 miles16
Pinson5.7 miles19
Nannie5.8 miles19
Crystal Springs6.6 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332923. 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.