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.
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
Old Perry County Courthouselisted 1981
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1934 USGS Cannelton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Rome quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Rome quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Rome quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
15 since 1999Regional 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 ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | BAILER FIRE |
| 7 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | COMMER |
| 1 April 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ADKINS LANE |
| 6 March 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.1 acres | Hoosier National Forest | ROME |
| 18 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SILAS MILLER |
| 1 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 February 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FYE |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roadcut Shale | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
3 since 2003Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rome | - | Trees were blown down along German Ridge Road. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rome | - | A trained spotter reported a measured wind gust of 63 mph. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Rome | - | There were several independent public sightings of a tornado in the Hoosier National Forest. No injuries or property damage were reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardingrove | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Lauer | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Gerald | 6.4 miles | 16 | |
| Dodd | 6.8 miles | 17 | |
| Derby | 7.4 miles | 16 | |
| Tobinsport | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| Lilly Dale | 9.1 miles | 14 | |
| Dexter | 9.7 miles | 16 |
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 Q7362946 | 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 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.








