Romeo, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Bruce Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48065. The Survey maps it on the Romeo quadrangle. 3,767 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 807 feet above sea level.
On record in Romeo
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
Romeo Historic Districtlisted 1970
Population over time
2 figuresRomeo grew from 3,596 to 3,767 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,596 | |
| 2020 | 3,767 | +171 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1943 USGS Romeo quadrangle1:24000
- 1945 USGS Romeo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Romeo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Romeo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Romeo between 2018 and 2020, burning about 12 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRUCE TOWNSHIP-ROMEO FD 0001083 - 2019 |
| 9 July 2019 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRUCE TOWNSHIP-ROMEO FD 0000957 - 2019 |
| 4 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FD 0001486 - 2018 |
| 13 July 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRUCE TOWNSHIP-ROMEO FD 0000975 - 2019 |
| 9 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRUCE TOWNSHIP-ROMEO FD 0000578 - 2019 |
| 3 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARMADA TOWNSHIP FD 188 - 2019 |
| 13 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRUCE TOWNSHIP-ROMEO FD 0000565 - 2019 |
| 12 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FD 0000749 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Romeo: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addison Township Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Natural Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Romeo Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sees Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
32 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Romeo in 32 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 21 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 lightning, 2 flood. The reports record 6 injuries. 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 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Romeo | 6 hurt, $30,000,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Lightning | Romeo | $1,000,000 | A lightning strike started a fire that destroyed an automall. |
| September 2008 | Flood | Romeo | $750,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romeo | $7,000 | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Lightning | Romeo | $5,000 | Lightning struck a home, sparking a fire. Property damage was roughly estimated at $5K. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romeo | $3,000 | Wires reported blown down. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romeo | $2,000 | A large tree was reported down on house, along with downed power lines. |
| December 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romeo | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romeo | - | A 12 inch tree limbs was observed down. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romeo | - | A tree was reported down. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romeo | - | Large tree limbs reported down blocking road. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romeo | - | A small tree was blown down. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romeo | - | Power lines reported down. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romeo | - | Numerous tree limbs were reported blown down. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romeo | - | A four inch diameter tree was reported blown down at 31 mile and Powell. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romeo | - | Six inch diameter tree limbs were reported blown down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romeo | - | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romeo | - | A trained spotter reported a tree blown down on a house. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romeo | - | A small tree was uprooted. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romeo | - | A trained spotter reported several large tree limbs down. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romeo | - | Several trees were blown down in a thunderstorm. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romeo | - | Numerous trees were blown down by a thunderstorm. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romeo | - | Spotters reported several large trees and tree limbs down. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romeo | - | Several large trees were uprooted. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romeo | - | Large tree limbs blown down. |
| January 2020 | Flood | Romeo | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Romeo | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Romeo | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Romeo | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Romeo | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Romeo | - | no account filed |
| October 1999 | Hail | Romeo | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clifton Mill | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Wolcott Mills | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Washington | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| Davis | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Mount Vernon | 5.7 miles | 18 | |
| Rudgate East Company Mobile Home Park | 5.9 miles | 18 | |
| Ray Center | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Preston Corners | 7.2 miles | 17 |
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 Romeo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2241329 | 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 636145. 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.







