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.
Population over time
2 figuresRosebud 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,412 | |
| 2020 | 1,296 | -116 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Rosebud quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Marlin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
39 since 2005Regional 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/undetermined | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011-102 |
| 20 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2014-125 |
| 27 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2016-103 |
| 10 July 2013 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2013-095 |
| 23 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2013-087 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
21 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosebud | $100,000 | Broadcast 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosebud | $100,000 | Amateur 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 2013 | Flash Flood | Rosebud | $40,000 | Highway 53 near Rosebud was under water. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosebud | $30,000 | Thunderstorm 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 2024 | Flash Flood | Rosebud | $20,000 | The local fire department reported that an apartment complex in Rosebud was starting to flood. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosebud | $15,000 | A 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 2003 | Flash Flood | Rosebud | $15,000 | Main Street flooded...with water backing up into two businesses as nearly 4 inches of rain fell. |
| July 1997 | Lightning | Rosebud | $15,000 | Lightning struck a house and caused a fire that resulted in minor damage. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosebud | $5,000 | Power lines blown down. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosebud | $4,000 | Tree limbs and power lines were down. |
| March 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Rosebud | $1,000 | A 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosebud | $1,000 | A trained spotter reported minor tree and powerline damage approximately 1 mile west of Rosebud, TX. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosebud | $1,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down on several streets across town. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Rosebud | - | A public report indicated quarter sized hail in Rosebud, TX. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Rosebud | - | Amateur radio reported quarter sized hail about a mile north-northwest of Rosebud, TX. |
| January 2007 | Flash Flood | Rosebud | - | Water was reported over the western half of the county near Rosebud and also near Guda. |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosebud | - | Trees were blown down on north side of town. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Rosebud | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Rosebud | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Rosebud | - | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosebud | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zipperlandville | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Travis | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Wilderville | 5.5 miles | 7 | |
| Pleasant Grove | 5.6 miles | 7 | |
| Wilson | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Terry Chapel | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Barclay | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Cedar Springs | 7.9 miles | 7 |
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 Rosebud | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q981973 | 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 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.



