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Rosedale, Iowa

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Clear Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50248. The Survey maps it on the Ames NW quadrangle.

Rosedale within Hamilton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

9 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Rosedale between 2011 and 2019, burning about 88 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/undetermined7
Debris and open burning1
Smoking1

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
28 July 2013Debris and open burning1.1 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources380TH AND OLSON AVE, IA
19 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 March 2014Smoking2.5 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 November 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hamilton 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 Rosedale: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Jensen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Joseph OlsonSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hamilton County

Storms near this place

3 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rosedale in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2018: 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2018Flash FloodRosedale$10,000Law enforcement reported intersection of 380th St and Nelson closed due to water over the road.
August 2014Tornado (EF0)Rosedale$1,000This tornado moved into Hamilton county from Boone county. The tornado narrowed its path in Hamilton county producing crop damage and destroying a lean-to before dissipating. The tornado was found and rated using high resolution satellite imagery.
June 2018Flash FloodRosedale-Law enforcement reported water partially over the roadway.

Every storm recorded in Hamilton County

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
Randall6.5 miles15
Stanhope6.6 miles9
Jewell7.7 miles9
Ellsworth10.1 miles9
Stratford11.8 miles9
Kamrar12.4 miles9
Homer15.5 miles9
Stonega18.2 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464141. 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.