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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.

Rosalia within Butler County

Population over time

2 figures

Rosalia 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.

YearPeople Change
2010171
2020149-22 (-13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

9 since 2017

Regional 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 burning4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Other causes1

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
21 July 2017Equipment and vehicle use90 acresButler County723
15 June 2017Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresButler County599
10 April 2017Debris and open burning10 acresButler County381
10 April 2017Debris and open burning6.0 acresButler County384
17 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service416
25 February 2017Other causesunder an acreButler County196
8 January 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreButler County30
30 January 2017Debris and open burning10 acresButler County105

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butler County

Storms near this place

46 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2010Heavy RainRosalia$20,000A 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 1996Thunderstorm WindRosalia$20,000no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindRosalia$15,000no account filed
August 2009Thunderstorm WindRosalia$10,000Strong straight-line winds tore a portion of roof away from a trailer home. Additionally, tree limbs and power lines were downed.
July 2009Tornado (EF0)Rosalia$5,000Minor damage occurred to a tree row.
May 1993HailRosalia$500A thunderstorm dropped hail as large as golf balls east of El Dorado.
February 2024Heavy RainRosalia-This is a 24 hour rainfall total 1.49 inches.
April 2022Tornado (EF1)Rosalia-A tornado tracked across mainly open country causing some damage to outbuildings and trees along its path.
May 2022Heavy RainRosalia-A Coop observer in Rosalia, Kansas reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 4.43 inches.
April 2019HailRosalia-Dime sized hail covering the ground.
April 2019Heavy RainRosalia-Overnight rainfall amount.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindRosalia-A semi tractor trailer was blown over.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindRosalia-Some leaves were noted as being stripped off of the trees due to the high winds.
May 2019Tornado (EFU)Rosalia-Brief touch down in an open field.
May 2019Flash FloodRosalia-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 2019Thunderstorm WindRosalia-A four inch diameter limb was blown down.
May 2016HailRosalia-The report came in via social media. The hail lasted 10 to 15 minutes.
May 2015HailRosalia-Quarter-sized hail was reported near Highway 54 and Munson Hill Road. The report was relayed by KWCH Channel 12.
May 2015HailRosalia-The hail was primarily nickel-sized. Torrential rains also occurred that reduced visibilities to less than one quarter mile.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindRosalia-No damage was reported. The report was relayed by Greenwood County Emergency Management.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindRosalia-A trained spotter estimated the winds.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindRosalia-Half inch hail and very heavy rainfall was also reported.
June 2009Tornado (EF0)Rosalia-The rope tornado was briefly on the ground and moved across open pasture land.
June 2009Tornado (EF0)Rosalia-The rope tornado briefly touched down in an open field.
June 2009Tornado (EF0)Rosalia-Brief tornado touch down in an open field.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindRosalia-The gust was measured by a Weather Lab Mesonet.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindRosalia-A trained spotter estimated 70 to 75 mph wind gusts.
June 2001Tornado (F0)Rosalia-Occurred in open country.
April 2022HailRosalia-no account filed
April 2018HailRosalia-no account filed
March 2017HailRosalia-no account filed
May 2015HailRosalia-no account filed
May 2014HailRosalia-no account filed
May 2010HailRosalia-no account filed
September 2010HailRosalia-no account filed
June 2009HailRosalia-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindRosalia-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindRosalia-no account filed
April 2006HailRosalia-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindRosalia-no account filed
May 2004HailRosalia-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindRosalia-no account filed
June 2004HailRosalia-no account filed
June 2004HailRosalia-no account filed
September 2001HailRosalia-no account filed
June 1996HailRosalia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Butler 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
Summit3.0 miles14
Pontiac5.1 miles13
Prospect9.0 miles14
Keighley9.9 miles14
Chelsea10.2 miles14
East El Dorado11.4 miles14
Beaumont11.8 miles13
Leon12.2 miles15

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 RosaliaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6112299The 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.