Rosemont, Nebraska
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in District 1. It lies in ZIP code area 68930. The Survey maps it on the Lawrence quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1898 USGS Superior quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Red Cloud quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Rosemont between 2007 and 2018, burning about 231 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 30 April 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 15 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rosemont in 8 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 2018 | Hail | Rosemont | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Flood | Rosemont | $15,000 | Storm total rainfall accumulations of 2 to 5 inches were reported across the area. Water covered a few county roads, and Highway 281 south of Red Cloud also had a small area briefly covered in 3 to 4 inches of water. Lowland flooding was also reported. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosemont | $1,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 60 MPH knocked down some tree limbs of at least a few inches in diameter. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosemont | - | A wind gust of 62 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located two miles west of Lawrence. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosemont | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Rosemont | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Rosemont | - | no account filed |
| October 2011 | Hail | Rosemont | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Hill | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Cowles | 9.0 miles | 11 | |
| Bladen | 12.5 miles | 12 | |
| Amboy | 14.1 miles | 11 | |
| Lester Junction | 14.5 miles | 11 | |
| Guide Rock | 14.8 miles | 11 | |
| Pawnee Village | 15.9 miles | 11 | |
| Red Cloud | 16.0 miles | 15 |
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 Rosemont | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q20710866 | 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 835432. 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.





