Rose City, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Spruce Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56446. The Survey maps it on the Rose City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Rose City quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Battle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Rose City between 1992 and 2018, burning about 508 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 190 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 13 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 38 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 32 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 6.7 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stueve Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stueve Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rose City in 2 storm reports in 2001: 2 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Center | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Belle River | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Miltona | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Carlos | 9.8 miles | 11 | |
| Nelson | 14.0 miles | 11 | |
| Osakis | 14.5 miles | 9 | |
| Hiview Park | 15.1 miles | 11 | |
| Leaf Valley | 15.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 650258. 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.





