Rosier, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Midville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30434. The Survey maps it on the Scotts Corner quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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.
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Scotts Corner quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Dublin quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
77 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Rosier between 1992 and 2018, burning about 943 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 6 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 | 58 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-JEFFERSON-003 |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 26 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-BURKE-006 |
| 10 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Rosier: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milledgeville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rosier in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2013 | Tornado (EF1) | Rosier | $120,000 | An EF1 Tonado touched down about 12 miles southwest of Waynesboro taking down trees, severely damaging field irrigation systems and destroying cattle barns and heavy equipment barns at several locations. A few cattle were killed and others injured. |
| May 2018 | Flash Flood | Rosier | $100 | Burke Co dispatch reported that Hwy 56 was flooded and closed near Buckhead Creek. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosier | - | Burke County Dispatch reported trees down on Rosier Rd in between Highways 305 and 56. |
| January 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Rosier | - | An EF-0 tornado touched down near Reeves Rd. The storm tracked NE 1.5 miles, with a width of 100 yards, before dissipating near Rosier Rd. The tornado damaged a metal barn roof and several dairy calf weaning huts. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosier | - | Sheriff Dispatch reported trees on a power line near Highway 56 and Beedy Branch Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magruder | 4.0 miles | 7 | |
| Vidette | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Scotts Corner | 6.4 miles | 7 | |
| Drone | 6.9 miles | 16 | |
| Gough | 7.9 miles | 16 | |
| Gertrude | 9.6 miles | 7 | |
| Number Ten (historical) | 9.9 miles | 7 | |
| Midville | 11.0 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122569043 | 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 321936. 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.





