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Rosebud, Texas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Rosebud census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76570. It stands on Cottonwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rosebud quadrangle. 1,296 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 397 feet above sea level.

Rosebud within Falls County

Population over time

2 figures

Rosebud fell from 1,412 to 1,296 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,412
20201,296-116 (-8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

39 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Rosebud between 2005 and 2018, burning about 234 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/undetermined17
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2011-102
20 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
20 September 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
17 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2014-125
27 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2016-103
10 July 2013Debris and open burning50 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2013-095
23 June 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2013-087

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Falls County

Storms near this place

21 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rosebud in 21 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 4 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2023Thunderstorm WindRosebud$100,000Broadcast media reported damage to the roof and windows of a Dairy Queen on Highway 77 near Rosebud, and additional window damage near the center of town.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindRosebud$100,000Amateur radio reported an 18 wheeler flipped, a 15-inch diameter tree snapped, and a camper trailer blown around 40 feet. A personal weather station (KTXROSEB15) reported a wind gust of 79 MPH.
October 2013Flash FloodRosebud$40,000Highway 53 near Rosebud was under water.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindRosebud$30,000Thunderstorm winds caused damage to power poles and power lines in the Rosebud area. Some damage to outbuildings and other structures was also reported. Wind driven hail may have also cracked and shattered windows, but no hail size could be obtained.
May 2024Flash FloodRosebud$20,000The local fire department reported that an apartment complex in Rosebud was starting to flood.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindRosebud$15,000A mobile home was severely damaged, a grain bin was moved 100 yards, and a large tree and limbs were blown down by strong winds.
October 2003Flash FloodRosebud$15,000Main Street flooded...with water backing up into two businesses as nearly 4 inches of rain fell.
July 1997LightningRosebud$15,000Lightning struck a house and caused a fire that resulted in minor damage.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindRosebud$5,000Power lines blown down.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindRosebud$4,000Tree limbs and power lines were down.
March 2022Tornado (EF0)Rosebud$1,000A brief EF-0 tornado occurred just west of Rosebud around 7:25pm. Spotters reported a funnel and brief rope tornado, and damage to trees and powerlines was observed along FM-1963 one mile west of Rosebud. The tornado was likely in progress for around one minute or less and lifted prior to reaching the town. Maximum winds were likely around 70 mph.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindRosebud$1,000A trained spotter reported minor tree and powerline damage approximately 1 mile west of Rosebud, TX.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindRosebud$1,000Law enforcement reported trees down on several streets across town.
April 2022HailRosebud-A public report indicated quarter sized hail in Rosebud, TX.
April 2022HailRosebud-Amateur radio reported quarter sized hail about a mile north-northwest of Rosebud, TX.
January 2007Flash FloodRosebud-Water was reported over the western half of the county near Rosebud and also near Guda.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindRosebud-Trees were blown down on north side of town.
March 2000HailRosebud-no account filed
April 1999HailRosebud-no account filed
April 1996HailRosebud-no account filed
November 1996Thunderstorm WindRosebud-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Falls County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Zipperlandville4.1 miles13
Travis4.5 miles13
Wilderville5.5 miles7
Pleasant Grove5.6 miles7
Wilson5.9 miles13
Terry Chapel6.2 miles13
Barclay6.9 miles13
Cedar Springs7.9 miles7

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 RosebudAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q981973The 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 1366870. 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.