Rose City, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Rose City City. It lies in ZIP code area 48654. It stands on Bixby Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rose City quadrangle. 577 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 958 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRose City fell from 653 to 577 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 653 | |
| 2020 | 577 | -76 (-12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1954 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Rose City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Houghton Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
20 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Rose City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 79 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | JINX |
| 9 June 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 June 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OGEMAW 04 - BLOW OUT FIRE |
| 18 June 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.7 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OGEMAW 08 - POWERLINE FIRE |
| 14 June 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | GIBBY |
| 9 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OGEMAW 05 - COUNTRY STORE |
| 6 May 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OGEMAW 03 - SCHMIDTT FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Rose City: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fitzgerald and Powell Inc Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ogemaw County Road Commission Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rose City in 18 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Rose City | $150,000 | Slow-moving thunderstorms dumped 2.5 to 4.0 inches of rain on the Rose City area on the night of the 11th-12th. The resulting flooding caused damage to 20 basements, and washed out a bridge in the area. Some roads were barricaded or otherwise blocked for several hours to warn off motorists. |
| September 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Rose City | $40,000 | A tornado tracked nearly nine miles across northern Ogemaw County. Damage was sporadic along the path, peaking at EF-1. A number of trees were downed, in some cases snapped off. Several homes and other structures were damaged by downed trees. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rose City | $26,000 | Multiple trees were downed onto houses. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rose City | $15,000 | A large tree was downed onto a pickup truck. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rose City | $15,000 | Numerous large trees downed in Rose City. Power poles and lines downed across a road in Lupton. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rose City | $12,000 | Spotter estimated 60-70 mph winds. Numerous trees downed, one onto a barn. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rose City | $5,000 | An isolated severe thunderstorm downed power lines and a few large trees. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rose City | $5,000 | Numerous trees and power lines downed. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rose City | $2,000 | Trees down in front of the Dollar General in Rose City. Time estimated via radar. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rose City | $2,000 | Trees were downed onto Fairview Road. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Rose City | - | Multiple reports of hail up to the size of golf balls in the vicinity of Rose City in northern Ogemaw county, Michigan. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rose City | - | Strong thunderstorm winds toppled trees and utility poles across the city. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Rose City | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Rose City | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rose City | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Rose City | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Rose City | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Rose City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fayettes Corner | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Lupton | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Damon | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Shady Shores | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Campbells Corners | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Selkirk | 7.9 miles | 10 | |
| Camp Lu Lay Lea | 8.2 miles | 10 | |
| West Branch | 11.9 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 Rose City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3308147 | 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 636193. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.




