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Jerome, Florida

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Everglades census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34141. The Survey maps it on the Ochopee quadrangle. It stands 10 feet above sea level.

Jerome within Collier County

Then and now

1956 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 32 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Jerome, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Jerome, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

120 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Jerome between 1992 and 2020, burning about 25,438 acres in total. 50 started naturally. 18 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
Natural50
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Arson/incendiarism18
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning1
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
26 September 2001Natural1.0 acresBig Cypress National PreserveOPS FIRE
23 September 1995Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresBig Cypress National PreserveDEEP LAKE
2 September 1994Natural9.0 acresBig Cypress National PreserveGONE
8 August 2012Natural15 acresBig Cypress National PreserveTURNER WEST
8 August 2003Natural2.0 acresBig Cypress National PreserveCOPELAND2
7 August 2003Natural1.5 acresBig Cypress National PreserveCOPELAND1
24 August 1994Natural18 acresBig Cypress National PreserveLONG
23 August 2012Natural4.0 acresBig Cypress National PreserveWAGON WHEEL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Collier County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Jerome: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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
Harmon Brothers - Copeland QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Collier County

Storms near this place

3 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jerome in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2012: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2012HailJerome-A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail along State Route 29 in Jerome.
September 2007Tornado (EF0)Jerome-Numerous reports received by Collier County EOC by motorists along Alligator Alley of a brief tornado touchdown near the intersection of Alligator Alley (I-75) and State Road 29. No damage reported.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindJerome-Three power poles down along with a path of trees downed north of Carnestown along State Road 29.

Every storm recorded in Collier 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
Copeland3.0 miles10
Deep Lake3.1 miles12
Lee Cypress3.8 miles10
Carnestown6.0 miles10
Ochopee7.0 miles10
Weavers Station7.5 miles11
Rock Island8.0 miles12
Everglades City9.6 miles10

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 JeromeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6182518The 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 284765. 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.