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Jerome, Iowa

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52544. The Survey maps it on the Seymour East quadrangle.

Jerome within Appanoose County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

5 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Jerome between 2009 and 2015, burning about 150 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2

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
12 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 March 2015Debris and open burning40 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 March 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 November 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources47509 523RD, IA
19 January 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Appanoose County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Jerome: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mc Clurg QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Appanoose County

Storms near this place

8 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jerome in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 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
April 2008Tornado (EF1)Jerome$75,000Law enforcement reported the tornado on the ground west of Numa, moving northeast.
May 2013Flash FloodJerome$25,000Water over County Highway J46 between 105th Ave and 110th Ave.
July 2010Flash FloodJerome$25,000Four to 6 inches of water was flowing over County Highway J46.
March 2017Tornado (EF1)Jerome$20,000Tornado crossed into Appanoose county from Wayne county. After crossing into Appanoose county, the tornado damaged a residence along 110th Avenue with several|trees being topped and buildings damaged. The tornado continued across mainly rural areas of western Appanoose county before crossing IA Highway 2 where minor|damage occurred to a farmstead. The tornado appeared to dissipate shortly after crossing Highway 2.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindJerome$3,000Estimated 60 MPH wind.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindJerome$3,000Spotter estimated 60 to 70 MPH wind gust.
June 2024HailJerome-No comments included in this report.
July 2024HailJerome-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Appanoose 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
Plano2.7 miles11
Bellair (historical)3.2 miles11
Numa3.4 miles11
Garfield3.7 miles11
Martinstown4.3 miles11
Diamond (historical)4.5 miles9
Brazil4.8 miles9
Sunshine5.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 457945. 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.