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Rosenberg, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Rosenberg-Richmond census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77471. The Survey maps it on the Richmond quadrangle. 38,282 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 105 feet above sea level.

Rosenberg within Fort Bend County

On record in Rosenberg

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Rosenberg grew from 30,618 to 38,282 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
201030,618
202038,282+7,664 (+25%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

24 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Rosenberg between 2010 and 2020, burning about 129 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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/undetermined10
Debris and open burning6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
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
11 September 2011Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCLAY ST
9 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHAND ROAD
15 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
13 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHARTLEDGE ROAD
26 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHAND ROAD
14 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOTTONWOOD CHURCH ROAD
7 June 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHIGHWAY 90A WEST
30 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePOWERLINE ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fort Bend County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Rosenberg: 6 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Dredging CorporationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand

Every working recorded in Fort Bend County

Storms near this place

31 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rosenberg in 31 storm reports between 1993 and 2019: 12 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 5 hail, 3 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 death. 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
September 2003LightningRosenberg1 killedLightning strike, 1 fatality. Landscaper sought refuge under tree near the Pecan Grove subdivision.
October 2002Flash FloodRosenberg$100,000Flooding at Highway 36 and Highway 90. One of the highest points in the Mission Bend Subdivision also flooded.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindRosenberg$100,000no account filed
April 1993Tornado (F1)Rosenberg$50,000The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office reported that a mobile home was destroyed on Farm-to-Market Road 2977 with accompanying rains of 2.00 to 3.00 inches that resulted in street flooding.
June 1998Tornado (F0)Rosenberg$35,000Brief tornado touchdown at the Fort Bend County Fairgrounds. Moderate roof damage to structures along with signs and trees blown down.
May 2019Flash FloodRosenberg$30,000Widespread street flooding that caused some roadways to become impassable.
April 1996Thunderstorm WindRosenberg$30,000no account filed
August 2010Thunderstorm WindRosenberg$25,000Thunderstorm winds peeled back a metal roof at a strip mall shopping center. Business damage was also reported at a lumber facility along Highway 35. There was fence damaged reported at Lamar High School's athletic fields. There were also a few trees and branches downed throughout downtown Rosenberg.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindRosenberg$25,000Numerous power poles down.
November 2000Thunderstorm WindRosenberg$25,000Trees and power lines down at US 59 and Kroesche Road.
April 1997Flash FloodRosenberg$25,000no account filed
May 2011Thunderstorm WindRosenberg$15,000Numerous branches, trees and power lines down scattered over large area, mainly north of 59. Fourteen thousand homes were left without power.
August 2007LightningRosenberg$15,000A storage tank was engulfed in flames after being struck by lightning.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindRosenberg$15,000Large tree limbs and power lines down.
February 1998Thunderstorm WindRosenberg$10,000Roof blown off Arrendondo Furniture Store.
March 2002HailRosenberg$10,000no account filed
October 2006Flash FloodRosenberg$5,000One home received water damage due to flash flooding.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindRosenberg$5,000Large limbs down along HWY 36 at Frito Lay Plant.
June 1996HailRosenberg$5,000no account filed
August 2010Thunderstorm WindRosenberg$4,000There was fence damage at Terry High School's athletic fields.
June 2019Flash FloodRosenberg-Flooded reported in homes in the town of Kendleton with standing water on streets within Rosenburg. Water also inundated FM 2919 that caused roadway closures from Powell Point to the San Bernard River.
January 2017Flash FloodRosenberg-There were several road closures in and around the Rosenberg area.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindRosenberg-This wind gust was measured by an observer.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindRosenberg-Wind gust was estimated in Rosenberg.
April 2015HailRosenberg-Quarter sized hail reported in Rosenberg.
April 2015HailRosenberg-Nickel sized hail was reported in Rosenberg.
May 2012HailRosenberg-Quarter-size hail was reported on the west side of Rosenberg.
May 2010Flash FloodRosenberg-US Highway 90 Alternate was closed due to flooding at the State Highway 36 intersection near Rosenberg.
June 2008Funnel CloudRosenberg-A funnel cloud was sighted at the intersection of FM 2218 and Powerline Road.
September 2003Funnel CloudRosenberg-Funnel cloud along Hwy 90 between Rosenburg and East Bernard.
June 2003Funnel CloudRosenberg-Funnel cloud was at Highway 6 and US 59.

Every storm recorded in Fort Bend 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
Cumings1.5 miles9
McHattie2.3 miles9
Richmond3.1 miles9
Pleak4.7 miles10
Crabb5.4 miles11
Bridlewood Estates5.7 miles11
Pecan Grove Plantation5.7 miles11
Harlem5.8 miles11

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 RosenbergAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q637444The 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 1345587. 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.

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.