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Rome, Indiana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Tobin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47574. It lies near Tom Bryant Hill. The Survey maps it on the Rome quadrangle. It stands 410 feet above sea level.

Rome within Perry County

On record in Rome

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

15 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Rome between 1999 and 2014, burning about 240 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
Recreation and ceremony4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
22 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresHoosier National ForestBAILER FIRE
7 May 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresHoosier National ForestCOMMER
1 April 2014Railroad operations and maintenance20 acresKentucky Division of ForestryADKINS LANE
6 March 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution2.1 acresHoosier National ForestROME
18 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 March 2014Debris and open burning15 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySILAS MILLER
1 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 February 2014Recreation and ceremony25 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFYE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perry 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 Rome: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Roadcut ShaleClayProspect

Every working recorded in Perry County

Storms near this place

3 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rome in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
July 2023Thunderstorm WindRome-Trees were blown down along German Ridge Road.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindRome-A trained spotter reported a measured wind gust of 63 mph.
May 2003Tornado (F0)Rome-There were several independent public sightings of a tornado in the Hoosier National Forest. No injuries or property damage were reported.

Every storm recorded in Perry 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
Hardingrove2.5 miles14
Lauer5.1 miles14
Gerald6.4 miles16
Dodd6.8 miles17
Derby7.4 miles16
Tobinsport7.7 miles14
Lilly Dale9.1 miles14
Dexter9.7 miles16

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 RomeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7362946The 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 451405. 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.