Romine, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Campbellsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42718. It lies near Green River Hill. The Survey maps it on the Cane Valley quadrangle.
On record in Romine
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Battle of Tebb's Bend Monumentlisted 1997 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1953 USGS Cane Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Cane Valley quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
27 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Romine between 1998 and 2020, burning about 94 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HARMON ROAD |
| 24 August 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 June 2002 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Romine in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romine | $5,000 | Trees fell on a home and power lines were downed on Tebbs Ben Rd off HWY 55. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romine | - | Trees were blown down by strong thunderstorm winds in far southern Taylor County. |
| January 2022 | Flash Flood | Romine | - | Taylor County dispatch reported two vehicles drove into high water on North Coburg Road. Damage amount unknown. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romine | - | Taylor county department of highways had to remove a tree from Hwy. 55 near the Adair county line. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romine | - | A tree was blown down and blocking Hwy. 55 10 miles south of Campbellsville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burdick | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Hatcher | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Atchison | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Wrights | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Yuma | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Elk Horn | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| South Campbellsville | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Campbellsville | 7.4 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508965. 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.
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.




