Rosedale, Washington
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Gig Harbor Peninsula census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98332. It stands on Meyer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fox Island quadrangle. 4,357 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 138 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRosedale grew from 4,044 to 4,357 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 | 4,044 | |
| 2020 | 4,357 | +313 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1942 USGS Gig Harbor quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Gig Harbor quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Fox Island quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Sylvan quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Fox Island quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Rosedale between 1994 and 2018, burning about 8 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | VAUGHN CREEK |
| 1 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 16 July 1994 | Fireworks | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 15 July 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 14 July 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 13 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LAKE MINTERWOOD |
| 11 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CUTTS ISLAND |
| 26 May 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 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
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Rosedale: 9 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 144th St. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Crescent Valley Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Stacy-Benson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swede Hill | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Sunrise Beach | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Artondale | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Minter | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Arletta | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Forest Beach | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Wauna | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Harbor Heights | 3.4 miles | 15 |
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 Rosedale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16107912 | 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 1512622. 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.








