Rosalia, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Rosalia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67132. The Survey maps it on the Rosalia quadrangle. 149 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,519 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRosalia fell from 171 to 149 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 | 171 | |
| 2020 | 149 | -22 (-13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1888 USGS Eldorado quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Rosalia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Rosalia between 2017 and 2018, burning about 121 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 90 acres | Butler County | 723 |
| 15 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Butler County | 599 |
| 10 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Butler County | 381 |
| 10 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Butler County | 384 |
| 17 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 416 |
| 25 February 2017 | Other causes | under an acre | Butler County | 196 |
| 8 January 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Butler County | 30 |
| 30 January 2017 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Butler County | 105 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
46 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rosalia in 46 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 19 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 7 tornado, 4 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 2010 | Heavy Rain | Rosalia | $20,000 | A car collided with a semi on Highway 54 east of El Dorado during the early afternoon hours on the 22nd. The driver of the car was seriously injured (indirect). Very heavy rainfall associated with a strong to severe thunderstorm produced poor visibility, which likely lead to the cause of the accident. Information courtesy of the El Dorado Times. |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosalia | $20,000 | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosalia | $15,000 | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosalia | $10,000 | Strong straight-line winds tore a portion of roof away from a trailer home. Additionally, tree limbs and power lines were downed. |
| July 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Rosalia | $5,000 | Minor damage occurred to a tree row. |
| May 1993 | Hail | Rosalia | $500 | A thunderstorm dropped hail as large as golf balls east of El Dorado. |
| February 2024 | Heavy Rain | Rosalia | - | This is a 24 hour rainfall total 1.49 inches. |
| April 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Rosalia | - | A tornado tracked across mainly open country causing some damage to outbuildings and trees along its path. |
| May 2022 | Heavy Rain | Rosalia | - | A Coop observer in Rosalia, Kansas reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 4.43 inches. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Rosalia | - | Dime sized hail covering the ground. |
| April 2019 | Heavy Rain | Rosalia | - | Overnight rainfall amount. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosalia | - | A semi tractor trailer was blown over. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosalia | - | Some leaves were noted as being stripped off of the trees due to the high winds. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EFU) | Rosalia | - | Brief touch down in an open field. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Rosalia | - | Emergency crews responded to a rescue for the occupants of a vehicle caught in high water on a gravel road just south of Highway 54. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosalia | - | A four inch diameter limb was blown down. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Rosalia | - | The report came in via social media. The hail lasted 10 to 15 minutes. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Rosalia | - | Quarter-sized hail was reported near Highway 54 and Munson Hill Road. The report was relayed by KWCH Channel 12. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Rosalia | - | The hail was primarily nickel-sized. Torrential rains also occurred that reduced visibilities to less than one quarter mile. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosalia | - | No damage was reported. The report was relayed by Greenwood County Emergency Management. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosalia | - | A trained spotter estimated the winds. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosalia | - | Half inch hail and very heavy rainfall was also reported. |
| June 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Rosalia | - | The rope tornado was briefly on the ground and moved across open pasture land. |
| June 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Rosalia | - | The rope tornado briefly touched down in an open field. |
| June 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Rosalia | - | Brief tornado touch down in an open field. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosalia | - | The gust was measured by a Weather Lab Mesonet. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosalia | - | A trained spotter estimated 70 to 75 mph wind gusts. |
| June 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Rosalia | - | Occurred in open country. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Rosalia | - | no account filed |
| April 2018 | Hail | Rosalia | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Rosalia | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Rosalia | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Rosalia | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Rosalia | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Rosalia | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Rosalia | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosalia | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosalia | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Rosalia | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosalia | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Rosalia | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosalia | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Rosalia | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Rosalia | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Rosalia | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Rosalia | - | 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.
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 Rosalia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6112299 | 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 474623. 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.
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.





