Rossville, Georgia
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Rossville-Beverly Hills census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30741. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fort Oglethorpe quadrangle. 3,980 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 699 feet above sea level.
On record in Rossville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 3 records
John Ross HouseNational Historic Landmark · listed 1973
US Post Office-Rossville Mainlisted 1986- Ashland Farmlisted 1973
Population over time
2 figuresRossville fell from 4,105 to 3,980 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4,105 | |
| 2020 | 3,980 | -125 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 28 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 Ringgold quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Catoosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1892 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1936 USGS Fort Oglethorpe quadrangle1:24000
- 1942 USGS Fort Oglethorpe quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fort Oglethorpe quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Fort Oglethorpe quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Fort Oglethorpe quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
197 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Rossville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 545 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 53 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 | 81 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 53 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park | HAY |
| 23 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-WALKER-002 |
| 23 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Rossville: 6 past producers, 3 producers, 3 prospects, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wr Grace/ Chattanooga, Tn. | REE, Thorium | Plant | ||
| Hall Ore Bank Area | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant | |
| Mcfarland Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant | |
| Alton Park Tract | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | 1952 | |
| Alton Park Tract | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Chatanooga Mine | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Dave L Brown Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| General Shale Georgia Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Rossville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bennett Mine No. 1 | Aluminum | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rossville in 20 storm reports between 1997 and 2011: 13 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2006 | Hail | Rossville | $200,000 | A former National Weather Service employee measured quarter-sized hail while the public reported golf ball-sized hail. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rossville | $10,000 | The Walker county 911 center reported several trees and some power lines down. Most of the damage was concentrated in the Chickamauga area and just east of Chickamauga near the Catoosa county line along U.S. Highway 27. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rossville | $5,000 | The Walker County Emergency Management Director reported that over a dozen trees were down between Chickamauga and Rock Spring. Power lines were also down in the Rossville area. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rossville | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked trees and power lines down. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rossville | $1,000 | The Walker county 911 center reported some trees down on Lytle Road. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rossville | $500 | The Walker County 911 center reported that a couple of trees were blown down. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rossville | $250 | The Walker County 911 Center reported that one tree was blown down onto a secondary road. |
| February 2011 | Hail | Rossville | - | The Walker County Emergency Management Director and the Walker County 911 Center reported quarter-sized hail in Rossville, Chickamauga, and southeast of Chickamauga. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Rossville | - | The Walker County 911 Center reported quarter-sized hail from the Rossville area. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Rossville | - | The public observed nickel-sized hail in the Rossville area. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Rossville | - | The Walker County Emergency Management Director reported penny-sized hail from north of La Fayette to La Fayette. The public reported penny-sized hail in Rossville. Other reports of pea-sized hail were received from the northern part of the county. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Rossville | - | The public reported quarter-sized hail near the Tennessee state line. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Rossville | - | The Walker County 911 Center reported quarter-sized hail in the Rossville area toward Fort Oglethorpe in Catoosa county. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Rossville | - | The public and an amateur radio operator reported penny-sized hail. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Rossville | - | The public reported that nickel-sized hail covered the ground. |
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rossville | - | The Walker county 911 center reported pea size hail. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Rossville | - | The public reported quarter size hail. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Rossville | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Rossville | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Rossville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Ross Estates | 0.6 miles | 28 | |
| Georgia Acres | 0.9 miles | 28 | |
| White Oak | 1.0 miles | 28 | |
| South Rossville | 1.1 miles | 28 | |
| Beverly Hills | 1.2 miles | 28 | |
| Woodland Hills | 1.4 miles | 28 | |
| Spencer Hills | 1.7 miles | 28 | |
| Cannon Crossing | 2.1 miles | 28 |
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 Rossville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3261835 | 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 332928. 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.












