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Rosewood, Georgia

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Columbus East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31907. It stands on Cooper Creek. The Survey maps it on the Columbus quadrangle.

Rosewood within Muscogee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 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

48 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Rosewood between 1992 and 2018, burning about 270 acres in total. 2 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
Arson/incendiarism18
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Debris and open burning10
Smoking5
Natural2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
3 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minor9.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-MUSCOGEE-001
22 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-MUSCOGEE-001
11 September 2002Smoking34 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-MUSCOGEE-001
29 August 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 1995Natural11 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
31 July 1993Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Muscogee County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Rosewood: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dixieland MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand Plant PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bussey PitClayProducer
No. 1 PitClayProducer
Woolfolk MineClayProducer

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
Starmount0.1 miles26
Pembrook0.3 miles26
Linden0.4 miles26
Merrywood0.4 miles26
Glen Arden0.6 miles26
Tara0.6 miles26
Lake Rushin Heights0.7 miles26
Carriage Estates0.8 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 357461. 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.