Roseland, Nebraska
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Roseland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68973. The Survey maps it on the Roseland quadrangle. 263 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,965 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRoseland grew from 235 to 263 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 | 235 | |
| 2020 | 263 | +28 (+12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1897 USGS Red Cloud quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Roseland quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Red Cloud quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Roseland between 1998 and 2015, burning about 111 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 April 1998 | Smoking | 40 acres | Rainwater Basin Wetland Management District | WESEMAN |
| 29 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 15 March 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 12 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 24 February 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 20 October 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
24 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roseland in 24 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 4 tornado, 2 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Roseland | $1,500,000 | This tornado touched down about 3 miles south of Roseland, clipping the east side of town before lifting just north-northeast of town. This tornado was rated an EF1, with an estimated peak wind speed of 110 MPH. The most widespread damage from this tornado was on the east side of town, and while several homes and outbuildings sustained damage, 2 sustained considerable damage. One of those homes slide from its foundation and another lost its entire roof structure. A large metal building with wood post frame construction was destroyed and tree damage was widespread throughout town. The tornado traveled just a few hundred feet east of Silver Lake School. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roseland | $250,000 | Wind gusts were estimated to be 70 to 80 MPH along a path running approximately 1 to 2 miles south of the tornado path. Most of the damage noted was to trees and irrigation pivots, with a grain bin and a power line also suffering damage. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Roseland | $100,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Roseland | $50,000 | A small tornado developed within a broader area of damaging wind gusts of 60-80 MPH. The tornado developed near the intersection of Highway 74 and Roseland Avenue, just southeast of the town of Roseland, then tracked southeast through crop fields causing pivots to overturn. The lone impacted buildings were at a farmstead on Conestoga Avenue where part of a roof was removed and several small outbuildings were destroyed. Also, tree damage was particularly worse as this location and a couple power poles were leaning east at the time of the survey. The tornado continued tracking southeast and eventually crossed Highway 74 near Pony Express Road before dissipating. This tornado likely occurred within a broad area of heavy rain and was not distinguishable in real time against the more pervasive straight-line winds. The peak wind gust was estimated to be 85 MPH. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roseland | $50,000 | Wind gusts estimated at 60 MPH caused minor damage to a grain elevator and uprooted a tree in town. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roseland | $25,000 | Emergency management reported a grain bin on the road near the intersection of Highway 74 and Bladen Road. A nearby power pole was also snapped. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Roseland | $25,000 | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Roseland | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Roseland | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Roseland | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roseland | $5,000 | no account filed |
| October 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roseland | - | A wind gust of 76 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located five miles south-southeast of Roseland. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roseland | - | A wind gust of 58 MPH was recorded by a mesonet station located 1 mile southwest of Roseland. |
| July 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Roseland | - | A brief rope tornado touched down approximately 3 miles south of Roseland. No damage was reported. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roseland | - | A 65 MPH wind gust was measured by a mesonet station located 2 miles southwest of Roseland. |
| September 2018 | Heavy Rain | Roseland | - | A multi-day rainfall total of 6.15 was reported 4 miles south-southeast of Roseland. |
| August 2016 | Heavy Rain | Roseland | - | Storm-total rainfall of 5.60 inches...all of which fell between 9:30 p.m. and 5 a.m. CDT. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roseland | - | A barn was destroyed east of town. |
| April 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Roseland | - | A brief touch down reported by a trained storm spotter. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Roseland | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Roseland | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Roseland | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Roseland | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roseland | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assumption | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Holstein | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Ayr | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Ayr Junction | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Brickton (historical) | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Juniata | 8.7 miles | 13 | |
| Ingleside | 9.7 miles | 14 | |
| Muriel | 11.2 miles | 13 |
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 Roseland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2741211 | 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 832718. 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.





