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Rosedale, Illinois

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Rosedale Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62031. It stands on Possum Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nutwood quadrangle.

Rosedale within Jersey County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

4 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Rosedale between 2010 and 2011, burning about 1,486 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/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
19 March 2010Debris and open burning4.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources10319003
17 November 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,475 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesPERE MARQUETTE
20 October 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources1020002
12 October 2010Power generation/transmission/distribution6.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources102001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jersey County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Rosedale: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Calhoun Quarry #2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Valstad Quarry No. 3Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Jersey County

Storms near this place

8 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rosedale in 8 storm reports between 1999 and 2015: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 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
May 2015Thunderstorm WindRosedale-Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree across Illinois Route 100 on the west side of Pere Marquette State Park. Also, a tree was blown down across Illinois Route 16 about 2 miles east of Fieldon. In Jerseyville, several trees were blown down.
March 2009Tornado (EF0)Rosedale-A tornado touched down about a quarter of a mile north of Rosedale. The roof of a machine shed was lifted off and tossed 50 to 75 yards to the north northeast. The tornado then skipped along and north of Fieldon Rosedale Road. There was mainly large limb and isolated tree damage along this path. One area of large tree damage was located southwest of the intersection of Fieldon Rosedale Road and Otter Creek Road. A water pump house was nearly destroyed at this location before the tornado lifted and dissipated.
March 2009Tornado (EF2)Rosedale-The tornado touched down along the eastern shore of the Illinois River in the Hadley Landing Public Access Area. Two cabins sustained minor roof and siding damage while a third cabin sustained severe damage. A fourth cabin was totally destroyed. Numerous large trees were also severed or snapped off near the base of the trunk just east of the cabin. Debris from the destroyed cabin extended over 300 yards to the east northeast. The damage over this area was rated low end EF2. The tornado travelled northeastward and caused additional tree damage in the flood plain. The tornado approached the intersection of Illinois Route 100 and Coon Creek Road. A farmstead at this location sustained varying degrees of damage. One machine shed sustained roof and side damage while a small garage was totally destroyed. The farm home sustained minor roof damage before the tornado lifted and dissipated.
May 2010HailRosedale-no account filed
March 2009HailRosedale-no account filed
April 2000Thunderstorm WindRosedale-no account filed
April 2000HailRosedale-no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindRosedale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jersey 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
Nutwood2.8 miles14
Democrat Spring4.4 miles12
Reardon5.1 miles14
Fieldon5.2 miles12
Camden6.6 miles23
Reddish6.6 miles14
Otterville7.9 miles12
Grafton8.0 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 416953. 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.