Rosewood, Oregon
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Northwest Clackamas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97035. It stands on Saum Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Oswego quadrangle.
On record in Rosewood
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
John M. and Elizabeth Bates House No. 2listed 1990 · 0.6 miles away
John M. and Elizabeth Bates House No. 4listed 1990 · 0.9 miles away- John M. and Elizabeth Bates House No. 3listed 1990 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1914 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1939 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Oswego quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Lake Oswego quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1961 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:62500
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Rosewood in 2012, burning about 3 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 | 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 February 2012 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge Complex | TUALATIN RIVER HQ |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 50 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 50 workings within 5 miles of Rosewood: 34 past producers, 16 producers. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oswego Iron Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1867, 1894 | |
| Oswego Iron Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Coffee Lake Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Compton/Stiller Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Durham Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Grahams Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Grimms Fuel Co. Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lake Oswego Pit and Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Pynns Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Tonquin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cook | 0.3 miles | 21 | |
| Jean | 0.4 miles | 21 | |
| Rivergrove | 0.5 miles | 21 | |
| Bryant | 0.7 miles | 21 | |
| Lake Grove (historical) | 1.0 miles | 21 | |
| Shadowood | 2.4 miles | 21 | |
| Stafford | 2.9 miles | 21 | |
| South Lake Oswego | 3.2 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1136706. 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.










