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Rosetta, Kentucky

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Irvington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40146. It lies near High Burning Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Garfield quadrangle.

Rosetta within Breckinridge County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

33 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Rosetta between 1998 and 2017, burning about 162 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Recreation and ceremony11
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 August 1999Debris and open burning8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 June 2016Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySTERRETT RD. FIRE
9 April 2017Equipment and vehicle use10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBLUE FORK ROAD
7 April 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 April 2014Recreation and ceremony13 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHWY 60 FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Breckinridge County

Storms near this place

5 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rosetta in 5 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 2 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
October 2007Tornado (EF2)Rosetta$300,000The EF-2 tornado began one mile east northeast of Stinnettsville, and moved to the northeast through Rosetta, where most of the damage occurred. A church was destroyed. A nearby home lost a large section of roof. Two large outbuildings were destroyed. A 16 foot trailer was moved and wrapped around a tree. Winds moved a 4500 pound tractor seven feet. A pickup truck was thrown 75 feet and flipped over. Numerous trees along the tornado path were uprooted or snapped.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindRosetta-Trees were downed along Rosetta Corners Road.
March 2022Tornado (EF0)Rosetta-NWS Storm Survey Team found EF-0 tornado damage in eastern Breckinridge County. The tornado touched down just north of Rosetta and continued northeastward toward Bewleyville. The most notable damage was done along Bewleyville-Rosetta Road where a small outbuilding was destroyed and strewn across a field. Tree damage was also observed with soft and hard wood trees being snapped. The tornado then lifted near Nelson Board Road.
December 2021Flash FloodRosetta-Water was flowing over a bridge on Rosetta Corners Road.
May 2025HailRosetta-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Breckinridge 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
Graysville2.1 miles16
Stinnettsville2.2 miles16
Corners2.3 miles14
Hensley3.3 miles16
Bewleyville3.4 miles14
Basin Spring3.6 miles16
High Plains3.7 miles14
Custer4.1 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508975. 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.