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Rose Hill, Kansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Richland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67133. The Survey maps it on the Rose Hill quadrangle. 4,185 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,342 feet above sea level.

Rose Hill within Butler County

Population over time

2 figures

Rose Hill grew from 3,931 to 4,185 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
20103,931
20204,185+254 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

98 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Rose Hill between 2015 and 2020, burning about 453 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning62
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks2
Smoking1

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
28 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service474
27 August 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSedgwick County6094
20 August 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKansas Forest Service416
4 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2018Fireworksunder an acreKansas Forest Service379
25 July 2017Debris and open burning12 acresButler County326
23 July 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKansas Forest Service411
9 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKansas Forest Service330

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butler County

Storms near this place

60 of 153 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rose Hill in 153 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 82 hail, 51 thunderstorm wind, 11 flash flood, 4 flood. The reports record 1 death and 3 injuries. 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
August 2016Flash FloodRose Hill1 killedWater was flowing across many area roads. Several swift water rescues were performed. In a couple of cases, the vehicles were swept of off the roadway. Four individuals were in those vehicles and two were found and rescued. One other individual had been swept downstream and appeared to rescuers as he walked out of a soybean field. Unfortunately, one person was not found until later and had perished.
June 2008LightningRose Hill2 hurtTwo people were struck by lightning and transported to the hospital.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindRose Hill1 hurtA car was blown off of the road due to the strong winds and caused a minor injury.
April 2011HailRose Hill$4,370,000Baseball to softball size hail pounded the city of Rose Hill. This hail damaged roofs, siding, cars and homes. The Rose Hill high school roof was a total loss at $700,000. Damage to city vehicles and buildings were estimated at $313,000. Nine out of 10 of the city police cars have been damaged and one car was totalled. Nearly every home in town had 50 to 100 percent roof damage.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindRose Hill$50,000Trees with 8-inch diameter trunks uprooted, power lines downed, and door blown in on shed.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindRose Hill$30,000Winds estimated around 90 mph destroyed a pole barn, and also inflicted some tree damage.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindRose Hill$25,000High winds caused damage to a gas station awning, a storage shed and several roofs. Several large trees were also downed.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindRose Hill$10,000Several trees were reported as blown down.
September 2016Flash FloodRose Hill$10,000A water occurred 2 miles east of Rose Hill for a vehicle trapped in high water.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindRose Hill$10,000Multiple trees were uprooted in Rose Hill.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindRose Hill$10,000Fences and power lines were blown down in and around Rose Hill.
May 2008Flash FloodRose Hill$10,000Seven to 8 inches of water was covering the road for about one half mile at the intersection of Indianola and 170th. A water rescue also occurred in the 16000 block of SW 200th.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindRose Hill$10,000Numerous power lines were blown down and a metal shed was blown into the middle of a road.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindRose Hill$10,000A three car garage sustained considerable damage.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindRose Hill$5,000A trained spotter estimated the gusts, which blew a transformer and resulted in power outages north of Rose Hill.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindRose Hill$5,000Winds were estimated around 60 mph. Power lines were reported down in Sienna Ranch.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindRose Hill$5,000Four trees were downed across the road.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindRose Hill$5,000Sixty-eight mph winds and hail up to an inch in diameter accompanied a thunderstorm from Rose Hill to El Dorado.
March 1993HailRose Hill$5,000no account filed
May 2019Thunderstorm WindRose Hill$500A one foot diameter tree limb was reported down on the south side of Rose Hill.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindRose Hill$500Downed 8-inch diameter limbs as well as a large sign.
October 1993HailRose Hill$500no account filed
October 1993HailRose Hill$500no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindRose Hill$400Four inch tree limbs were broken off by the storm.
October 2018FloodRose Hill$100A low water bridge was closed due to high water near the intersection of southwest Prairie Creek Road and southwest 170th Street.
September 2016Flash FloodRose Hill$100Significant road flooding occurred a few miles south of Rose Hill, Kansas.
July 2016FloodRose Hill$100Street flooding was reported across Rose Hill.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindRose Hill-A couple of power poles were snapped near Rose Hill.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindRose Hill-Public reported tree limbs down.
February 2023Thunderstorm WindRose Hill-Several trees were reported down with one over 150th and Indianola Road. A vehicle ran into the tree; there were no injuries from this crash. Time is estimated from radar.
June 2022Heavy RainRose Hill-The public mesonet site 3 miles northeast of Rose Hill reported 4.37 inches of rainfall in 24 hours.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindRose Hill-Thunderstorm winds downed a tree over the road near SW 180th and SW Indianola Rd sometime prior to 5 am. I driver of a pick up apparently did not see the downed tree and drove into it, which proved fatal.
April 2019HailRose Hill-Reported on the east side of town.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindRose Hill-Tree branches that were 3-4 inches in diameter were blown down on the north side of Rose Hill.
June 2019FloodRose Hill-Street flooding occurred in town.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindRose Hill-The estimated winds were estimated around 50 mph sustained with gusts that reached around 75 mph. No damage was reported.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindRose Hill-Relayed by the Emergency Manager.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindRose Hill-Reported by a trained spotter.
June 2017HailRose Hill-At the Rose Hill fire station.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindRose Hill-Also penny sized hail was reported.
August 2016Heavy RainRose Hill-Rainfall amounts from an area between Rose Hill and Douglass had between 4 and 6 inches of rain in a three hour time frame.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindRose Hill-Seventy to 80 mph winds were reported by a trained spotter.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindRose Hill-The public measured the gust.
June 2014HailRose Hill-The report was relayed via twitter.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindRose Hill-Several 4-5 inch diameter limbs were downed.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindRose Hill-Limbs 6 inches in diameter were downed in the city.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindRose Hill-No damage reported.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindRose Hill-Estimated gust reported by a trained spotter.
August 2011HailRose Hill-This was also accompanied with 70 mph winds.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindRose Hill-Several estimated wind speeds were reported along the path with some significant tree damage.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindRose Hill-A trained spotter reported the gust.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindRose Hill-A power pole was blown down.
February 2011HailRose Hill-Occurred on Butler Road.
June 2008FloodRose Hill-Very heavy rainfall in a short period of time caused some flooding across southwest Butler County from the early morning to early afternoon hours on the 28th. Water covered various roads in and around the Rose Hill area, and resulted in some road closures. Any potential damage estimates are unknown.
September 2008Heavy RainRose Hill-There was 5.63 inches of rainfall reported in Rose Hill during the morning hours.
March 2007Flash FloodRose Hill-Four children were rescued when their vehicle was swept off a roadway at Eight Mile Creek just northeast of Rose Hill.
May 2004Flash FloodRose Hill-Intersection SW150th/Santa Fe Lake Road flooded.
May 2004Flash FloodRose Hill-Intersection SW120th/County Line Road flooded. One vehicle stranded. Rescue in progress.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindRose Hill-Small tree uprooted.
March 2002Thunderstorm WindRose Hill-Large branches downed.

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
Salter6.1 miles16
Douglass7.0 miles16
Lakeview Heights7.7 miles19
Gordon7.9 miles15
Mecca Acres8.1 miles19
Midway8.4 miles19
Prairie Village9.7 miles19
Lorena9.7 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 Rose HillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1150755The 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 474361. 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.