Romeo, Florida
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Fellowship census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34432. The Survey maps it on the Romeo quadrangle.
Then and now
1892 to 1991The same ground, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1892 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1892 USGS Dunnellon quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Dunnellon quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Dunnellon quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Romeo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Ocala quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Romeo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
297 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 297 fires within 5 miles of Romeo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,983 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 20 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 86 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 74 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 75 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SW 30TH LN (42) |
| 18 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 2004-08-0710/LAKE TROPICANA |
| 1 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | LEVY - TABLE FIRE |
| 5 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SE 194TH COURT(38) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Romeo: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loncala Phosphate - Minehead Plant | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone |
Storms near this place
4 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Romeo in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2013: 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romeo | - | FHP reported a tree downed by thunderstorm winds near Romeo. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romeo | - | The T & F Electric Company reported several trees down along SW Big Tree Road. |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romeo | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Romeo | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luddersville | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Hoyt | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Early Bird | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Rainbow Park | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Rainbow Lakes Estates | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Rainbow Springs | 6.1 miles | 18 | |
| Cotton Plant | 6.5 miles | 17 | |
| Ocala Estates | 6.7 miles | 17 |
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 Romeo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q20065048 | 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 294911. 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.








