Rosewood, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Rosewood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42345. The Survey maps it on the Rosewood quadrangle. It stands 600 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1911 USGS Drakesboro quadrangle1:48000
- 1913 USGS Drakesboro quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Rosewood quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Rosewood quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Madisonville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
23 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Rosewood between 1999 and 2019, burning about 190 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 August 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 May 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 April 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | JESS WINN ROAD |
| 12 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rosewood in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2013 | Tornado (EF2) | Rosewood | $250,000 | Peak winds were estimated near 120 mph. The average path width was 275 yards. Large portions of the roof structure were removed from one home, including rafters. Several other homes lost varying numbers of shingles. Siding was damaged on several homes, along with a few destroyed porches. Two mobile homes were completely destroyed, including one mobile home that was overturned. Hundreds of trees were snapped or uprooted. Power outages were reported. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosewood | $50,000 | The downburst damage path entered Muhlenberg County from the northeast corner of Todd County. The path of damage averaged about one-third mile wide. A few thousand trees were uprooted by winds estimated near 110 mph. Some barns and other sheds were levelled or heavily damaged. Several homes and other buildings had roofs, including decking, partially removed. A couple of homes received damage to walls of attached garages. Many other homes received minor damage, including loss of shingles and siding. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosewood | $5,000 | Many branches and tree limbs were downed by a morning line of thunderstorms. A few trees were downed along hedge rows. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosewood | $1,000 | In Rosewood, about a half dozen tree limbs several inches in diameter were blown down. Gable fascia was stripped off the west side of a house. A small shed was overturned, and a large tree was broken off. A spotter about midway between Rosewood and Belton estimated 60 MPH winds at his location. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Rosewood | - | Dime size hail was reported at Lake Malone. |
| December 2011 | Flood | Rosewood | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Rosewood | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Rosewood | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Mountain (historical) | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Carters Creek (historical) | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Myers Chapel (historical) | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Greenbriar (historical) | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Wells | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Leighs (historical) | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Dunmor | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Penrod | 5.1 miles | 11 |
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 Rosewood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7368767 | 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 502355. 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.







