BlockRome, Alabama
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Falco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36420. The Survey maps it on the Dixie quadrangle. It stands 315 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Dixie quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
61 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Rome between 1996 and 2020, burning about 747 acres in total. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 August 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20140816-001 |
| 14 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20150726-001 |
| 18 July 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | PLEASANT HOME |
| 17 July 2000 | Natural | 8.3 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 June 2006 | Natural | 24 acres | National Forests in Alabama | BEAR CLAW |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Rome: 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cov 5 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Deposit | Iron | Occurrence |
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.
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 Rome | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22058544 | 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 160530. 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.