Rose Center, Michigan
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Rose Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48442. The Survey maps it on the Highland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1909 USGS Milford quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1936 USGS Highland quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Highland quadrangle1:24000
- 1945 USGS Highland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Highland quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Rose Center between 2018 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 798 - 2020 |
| 20 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 662 - 2018 |
| 15 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 552 - 2019 |
| 17 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 468 - 2020 |
| 17 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 467 - 2018 |
| 5 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 326 - 2019 |
| 31 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HIGHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 19581 - 2019 |
| 25 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 419 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rose Center in 8 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. 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 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rose Center | - | Six inch diameter tree limb down. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rose Center | - | A 20 inch diameter tree was reported blown down. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rose Center | - | Large tree limbs were reported blown down. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rose Center | - | Trained spotters reported several large tree limbs blown down. |
| February 2026 | Hail | Rose Center | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Rose Center | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Rose Center | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Rose Center | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rose Corners | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Clyde | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| Holly | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Davisburg | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Hickory Ridge | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| White Lake | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Seven Harbors | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Five Points | 5.7 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2648736. 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.








