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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.

Romine within Taylor County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

27 since 1998

Regional 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/undetermined11
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1

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
20 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHARMON ROAD
24 August 1999Natural1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 June 2002Natural1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 April 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 April 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Taylor County

Storms near this place

5 since 2009

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2009Thunderstorm WindRomine$5,000Trees fell on a home and power lines were downed on Tebbs Ben Rd off HWY 55.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindRomine-Trees were blown down by strong thunderstorm winds in far southern Taylor County.
January 2022Flash FloodRomine-Taylor County dispatch reported two vehicles drove into high water on North Coburg Road. Damage amount unknown.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindRomine-Taylor county department of highways had to remove a tree from Hwy. 55 near the Adair county line.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindRomine-A tree was blown down and blocking Hwy. 55 10 miles south of Campbellsville.

Every storm recorded in Taylor 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
Burdick3.0 miles9
Hatcher4.2 miles11
Atchison5.6 miles11
Wrights5.9 miles9
Yuma6.5 miles9
Elk Horn6.6 miles11
South Campbellsville6.9 miles11
Campbellsville7.4 miles11

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.