Rosburg, Washington
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Grays River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98643. It stands on Nikka Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rosburg quadrangle. 340 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 13 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRosburg grew from 317 to 340 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 | 317 | |
| 2020 | 340 | +23 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1940 USGS Brookfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Rosburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Grays River quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Astoria quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Rosburg between 1992 and 2019, burning about 8 acres in total. 2 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | FALL RUN |
| 29 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SALMON CREEK |
| 27 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 23 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | DEEP RIVER |
| 3 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 800 |
| 3 August 2002 | Other causes | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 14 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 21 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Rosburg: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Grays River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Olsen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
21 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rosburg in 21 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 19 flood, 1 heavy rain, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2007 | Flood | Rosburg | $420,000 | The Grays River at Rosburg reached major flood levels, and one family was evacuated when flood waters inundated their home. County roads throughout the area received damage, and one family near the river lost an entire herd of cows. NOTE: Damage estimates are for the entire Wahkiakum county. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Rosburg | $339,000 | Heavy rain resulted in flooding of the Grays River near Rosburg. |
| December 2024 | Flood | Rosburg | - | Along the Grays river an Emergency manager reported numerous road closures due to high water including Covered Bridge Road, Loop Road, and Altoona-Pillar Rock Road as of the morning of 12-18-2024. |
| December 2024 | Flood | Rosburg | - | River reached minor flood level 28.5 ft 12/26 at 830 am PST, peaked at 28.84 12/26 1145am, and fell below minor flood 12/26 5 pm. |
| January 2021 | Flood | Rosburg | - | The Grays River near Rosburg rose above 1145PST on the 12th, crested at 15.54 feet, then fell below flood stage at 0215PST on the 14th. Flood stage is 12.0 feet. |
| September 2017 | Hail | Rosburg | - | County official relayed a report of 1.0 inch hail from a resident in Rosburg. |
| October 2016 | Flood | Rosburg | - | The Grays River crested at 12.08 feet around 10 am, which is 0.08 feet above flood stage. No damage was reported. |
| January 2015 | Flood | Rosburg | - | Grays River near Rosburg reached flood stage of 12 feet at 1205 AM on January 5th, and crested around 15.4 feet at 815 AM. The river fell below flood stage around 1030 PM. |
| January 2015 | Heavy Rain | Rosburg | - | The Washington Department of Transportation reported Westbound State Route 4 was closed at mile post 21 due to a rock or mud slide resulting from heavy rain. The rain gauge at nearby KM Mountain measured 2 inches of rain in the 6 hour period leading up to the slide. |
| February 2015 | Flood | Rosburg | - | The Grays River reached the flood stage of 12 feet at 935 AM on February 6th. The river crested at 13.9 feet at 218 PM, and dropped below flood stage at 850 PM. |
| October 2015 | Flood | Rosburg | - | Heavy rain resulted in Flooding of the Grays River. Grays River reached flood stage at 1230 pm on October 31, and crested at 14.7 feet at 415 pm. The river dropped below flood stage at 1215 AM November 1st. The local Sheriff confirmed that water from the river flooded the nearby Covered Bridge Road. |
| December 2014 | Flood | Rosburg | - | The Grays River near Rosburg reached the flood stage of 12 feet at 715 AM PST on December 20th. The river crested at 13.6 feet at 12:15 AM PST on December 21 before falling below flood stage at 8:15 AM PST. |
| March 2014 | Flood | Rosburg | - | Heavy rain resulted in the Grays River near Rosburg to reach flood stage around 7 pm on March 8. The river crested at 15 feet around 1 am on March 9th and fell below flood stage around 6 pm. |
| March 2014 | Flood | Rosburg | - | The Grays River near Rosburg briefly flooded March 6. The river reached flood stage around 11 am March 6th before cresting at 13.2 feet at 2 pm. The river fell below flood stage around 1 am on March 7th. |
| April 2014 | Flood | Rosburg | - | The Grays River near Rosburg reached flood stage around 6 am on April 24th, 2014. The river crested at 12.1 ft around 730 AM and fell below flood stage around 9 AM. |
| February 2014 | Flood | Rosburg | - | The Grays river at Rosburg reached flood stage at 150 AM PST. The river level crested at 13.2 feet at 545 AM PST, and fell below flood stage at 100 PM PST. |
| September 2013 | Flood | Rosburg | - | Around 4 inches of rain fell over the Willapa Hills, and resulted in the Grays River near Rosburg to exceed flood stage. |
| January 2011 | Flood | Rosburg | - | Heavy rainfall combined with snowmelt runoff to produce flooding on the Grays River. The Grays River near Rosburg crested at 14.3 feet on January 16th at 13:15 PST. |
| December 2010 | Flood | Rosburg | - | Heavy rainfall over the area caused the Grays River near Rosburg to overflow its banks. |
| January 2009 | Flood | Rosburg | - | Heavy rain combined with snowmelt runoff caused the Grays River near Rosburg to overflow its banks. |
| November 2008 | Flood | Rosburg | - | Heavy rains over the Willapa Hills drained into the Grays River, raising the river out of it's banks. This combined with high tides brought flooding to areas in Wahkiakum county, especially around the town of Rosburg. Flooding in the area closed local roads as well as some evacuations of people from their homes. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grays River | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Eden | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Oneida | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Deep River | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Svensens Landing | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Altoona | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Carlson Landing | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Dahlia | 5.0 miles | 14 |
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 Rosburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6112459 | 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 1511272. 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.







