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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1886 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
- 1899 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Plainville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Rome quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
228 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 145 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
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 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020FLOYD004 |
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-FLOYD-015 |
| 28 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-FLOYD-014 |
| 23 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 17 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd Property | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Plainville Brick Co Pits No. 1 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Shropshtre Deposit 1 | Aluminum | Prospect | ||
| C.J.Hord Property | Iron | Prospect | ||
| C.S. Bryan Property | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Plainville Area-A? | Past Producer | Residual |
Storms near this place
1 since 2018Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosedale | 1 hurt, $10,000 | The 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margie (historical) | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Floyd Springs | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Everett Springs | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Warren | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Armuchee | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Pinson | 5.7 miles | 19 | |
| Nannie | 5.8 miles | 19 | |
| Crystal Springs | 6.6 miles | 16 |
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.









