Rosita, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Freer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78384. It stands on Hoffman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rosita quadrangle.

Rosita within Duval County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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.

1956 USGS Laredo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1956 USGS Rosita Ranch quadrangle1:62500
1968 USGS Rosita quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Alice quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

2 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Rosita between 2006 and 2009, burning about 21 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	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
16 March 2009	Recreation and ceremony	20 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	CR 330
27 January 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Duval County

Storms near this place

8 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rosita in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
March 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Rosita	$15,000	Duval County Sheriffs office reported wind damage to a residence west of San Diego. A tin awning and portion of the roof of the mobile home were peeled back by the high winds. A tin roof on a shed was also peeled back along with large tree limbs broken.
October 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Rosita	$5,000	A NWS storm survey observed minor damage to homes in Rosita, which included windows blown out and roof damage on the northwest side of structures. Powerlines and tree limbs were also observed down, lying in a southeast direction. Damage suggested straight line winds. Winds were estimated between 70 and 80 mph.
September 2025	Heavy Rain	Rosita	-	TWDB weather station in north Duval measured 3.41 inches.
May 2015	Tornado (EF0)	Rosita	-	Video from local media Facebook page showed a brief tornado touched down in an open field.
April 2009	Hail	Rosita	-	Reported 6 miles west of San Diego.
October 2005	Hail	Rosita	-	Nickle size hail was observed 4 inches deep be residents in Rosita.
October 2005	Flash Flood	Rosita	-	An NWS storm survey that was docummenting wind damage in Rosita observed indications that a flash flood occurred along Rosita Creek in the town of Rosita. Residents also confirmed that the low water crossing over the creek became impassable.
February 1998	Hail	Rosita	-	Sheriff report of golf ball sized hail.

Every storm recorded in Duval 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Pila Blanca	2.6 miles	8
Reyes	3.6 miles	8
Cadena Colonia	9.5 miles	7
Four A's Colonia	9.5 miles	7
North Buena Vista Colonia	10.2 miles	7
Buena Vista Colonia	10.3 miles	7
San Diego	10.3 miles	8
Mi Tierra Colonia	10.3 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1345599. 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.