Rose Hill, Iowa
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in White Oak Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52586. The Survey maps it on the Rose Hill quadrangle. 157 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 814 feet above sea level.
On record in Rose Hill
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 1 record
Rose Hill Methodist Episcopal Churchlisted 2003
Population over time
2 figuresRose Hill fell from 168 to 157 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 | 168 | |
| 2020 | 157 | -11 (-7%) |
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.
- 1954 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Rose Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Rose Hill between 2011 and 2015, burning about 9 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | HWY 92 & 112TH AVE, IA |
| 17 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 210TH & ZEPHER AVE, IA |
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 Rose Hill: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Knowler Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Upton Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rose Hill in 14 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 9 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 heavy rain. 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rose Hill | $50,000 | Considerable damage done on a farm near Rose Hill, roof and barn wall damage. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Rose Hill | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Rose Hill | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Rose Hill | $3,000 | no account filed |
| October 2002 | Hail | Rose Hill | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Rose Hill | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Lightning | Rose Hill | $1,500 | no account filed |
| November 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Rose Hill | $1,000 | Storm Survey team found damage on the county line between Mahaska and Keokuk county. Tornado started in rural areas of eastern Mahaska county with only minor damage before exiting into Keokuk county. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rose Hill | - | Personal weather station reported a measures wind gust of 61 mph. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Rose Hill | - | Delayed report, time estimated via radar. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Rose Hill | - | Delayed report, time estimated by radar. Report via social media. |
| July 2014 | Heavy Rain | Rose Hill | - | Rainfall of 0.87 inches in 15 minutes. |
| August 2012 | Hail | Rose Hill | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Rose Hill | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tioga | 2.7 miles | 7 | |
| Keomah Village | 4.6 miles | 7 | |
| Exeelsior (historical) | 5.2 miles | 7 | |
| Indianapolis | 5.4 miles | 7 | |
| Wright | 6.1 miles | 7 | |
| Spring Valley | 6.5 miles | 7 | |
| Neska | 6.6 miles | 7 | |
| Fremont | 7.7 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.
| Wikipedia article on Rose Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1925699 | 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 460788. 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.





