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Rosiclare, Illinois

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Rosiclare precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62982. The Survey maps it on the Rosiclare quadrangle. 980 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 381 feet above sea level.

Rosiclare within Hardin County

On record in Rosiclare

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

Population over time

2 figures

Rosiclare fell from 1,160 to 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,160
2020980-180 (-16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 24 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

17 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Rosiclare between 1995 and 2020, burning about 141 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning7
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
5 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShawnee National ForestPOUNDS HOLLOW #76
4 September 2010Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCAVE SPRINGS RD.
16 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreShawnee National ForestBARREL
14 September 1999Smoking1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 July 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShawnee National ForestMOWER
6 April 1995Arson/incendiarism25 acresShawnee National ForestROGERTOWN
9 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShawnee National ForestSECTION 8
6 March 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresShawnee National ForestCAVE IN ROCK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hardin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 118 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 118 workings within 5 miles of Rosiclare: 90 past producers, 12 occurrences, 10 prospects, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Alcoa Shaft Fluorspar MineFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Barium-BaritePast ProducerBarite, Fluorite, Sphalerite
Burns MineZinc, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Campbell-CrotserFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, LeadProspect1972
Fairview-Blue Diggings FaultZinc, Lead, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1842, 1941
Hardin City PitStonePast Producer
HillsideLead, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1917, 1926
Illinois - Kentucky Fluorite DistrictLead, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Silver, CadmiumPast ProducerFluorspar, Sphalerite, Galena
Jefferson and Humm Fluorspar MinesLead, Fluorine-Fluorite, ZincProducerFluorite, Galena, Sphalerite
Knight MineFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, LeadPast ProducerUnderground
Knight Shop & Hms PlantFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hardin County

Storms near this place

18 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rosiclare in 18 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 8 flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2019LightningRosiclare1 hurtA 31-year-old man was struck by lightning while riding a lawn mower. He was hospitalized at a regional hospital with non life-threatening injuries.
March 2011FloodRosiclare$30,000no account filed
April 2006Thunderstorm WindRosiclare$25,000A narrow path of downed and uprooted trees extended through Rosiclare. One tree fell on a house in Rosiclare. In Elizabethtown, trees and power lines were down, and a few windows were blown out.
March 2015FloodRosiclare$20,000Moderate flooding occurred on the Ohio River. A campground at Saline Landing was flooded, and Front Street was flooded in Elizabethtown. There was sandbagging around homes in Elizabethtown and Cave-In-Rock. Several mobile homes and trailers in Hardin County were pulled away from the water. At Rosiclare, Illinois Route 146 was closed leading into town, and water was up about 5 feet along a floodgate. The town of Rosiclare put up the first floodgates in the lowest sections of town. However, little or no property damage occurred in Hardin County. The ferry from Cave-In-Rock to the Kentucky shore suspended operations due to high water.
January 2016FloodRosiclare$10,000Minor flooding occurred along the Ohio River. The town of Rosiclare was affected. Low-lying woods and fields were flooded, as well as some county roads.
January 1996Thunderstorm WindRosiclare$5,000no account filed
April 2018FloodRosiclare$4,000no account filed
July 2020Flash FloodRosiclare-Several roads were flooded in the lower areas around Rosiclare.
March 2019FloodRosiclare-Moderate flooding of the Ohio River continued from February into March. A portion of Illinois Route 1 was closed. There was considerable flooding of low-lying woods and fields. Rural county roads were flooded. A campground at Saline Landing was flooded, and Front Street was flooded in Elizabethtown. There was sandbagging around a few homes in Elizabethtown and Cave-In-Rock. At Rosiclare, Illinois Route 146 was closed leading into town, and water was up along a floodgate. The town of Rosiclare put up the first floodgates in the lowest sections of town. However, little or no property damage occurred in Hardin County. Total property damage estimates can be found in the February report. The ferry from Cave-In-Rock to the Kentucky shore suspended operations due to high water.
July 2015Heavy RainRosiclare-Standing water was reported on a couple of roads, including Route 34. The water was less than six inches deep.
April 2011FloodRosiclare-The Ohio River created numerous problems. A couple of churches were sandbagged in Cave-In-Rock and Elizabethtown. Flood gates were installed at Rosiclare. Parks and other recreational facilities outside of the levee protection system were flooded. The ferry from Cave-In-Rock to Crittenden County, KY was shut down.
March 2008FloodRosiclare-Minor flooding of the Ohio River occurred. Low areas of Rosiclare were affected. Large areas of agricultural land were flooded. Crop losses were negligible since planting was not yet underway. The ferry from Hardin County, IL to Crittenden County, KY was closed for an extended duration, even longer than during the flood of 1997.
April 2008FloodRosiclare-Minor flooding of the Ohio River occurred. The river remained above flood stage from mid March through mid April. On the Golconda gage in Pope County, the crest in April was 46.82 feet on the 11th. Flood stage at Golconda is 40 feet. Floodwaters approached Rosiclare. Many low-lying areas were flooded, primarily farm fields and woodlands. The ferry from Cave-In-Rock to Crittenden County, KY was shut down due to the flooding.
November 2005Flash FloodRosiclare-Three to four feet of standing water was reported in Rosiclare.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindRosiclare-Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees across Hardin County, including a few in Rosiclare.
March 2017HailRosiclare-no account filed
April 1998HailRosiclare-no account filed
April 1997HailRosiclare-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hardin 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
Fairview0.8 miles24
Mineral City (historical)1.0 miles24
Elizabethtown2.7 miles24
Shetlerville3.3 miles24
Humm Wye4.1 miles24
Eichorn5.6 miles24
Peters Creek7.1 miles23
Gross8.1 miles22

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 RosiclareAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q575843The 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 416968. 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.