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Rosedale, Illinois

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Wood River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62024. The Survey maps it on the Bethalto quadrangle.

Rosedale within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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.

In the county-history sources

6,541 words on this township

Centennial History of Madison County, Illinois, and Its People, 1812 to 1912, published 1912 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Wood River Township covers first settlers, wood river massacre monument, first schools, upper alton, literary, religious and educational, industries and business.

Read the chapter on Wood River Township - 6,541 words.

Fires near this place

1 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Rosedale in 2008, burning about 1 acre 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/undetermined1

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
29 January 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesRUPPERT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison 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: 3 past producers, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur, Stone. 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
(Facility) Shell Oil Wood River RefinerySulfurPlant
Alton DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wood City PitStonePast Producer
Alton MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Reliance QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Madison 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
Rosewood Heights0.4 miles23
Oakwood Heights0.8 miles23
East Alton1.5 miles23
Cottage Hills1.5 miles23
Wood River1.7 miles24
Ivy Heights2.0 miles24
Forest Homes2.2 miles23
Roxana2.4 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1736086. 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.