Jerome, Missouri
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Arlington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65529. It stands on Little Piney Creek. The Survey maps it on the Newburg quadrangle. It stands 709 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
17 surveys from 25 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.
- 1912 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Newburg quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Newburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Newburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Newburg quadrangle1:24000
- 2004 USGS Newburg quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
85 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Jerome between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,249 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 35 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 31 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | P HIGHWAY |
| 23 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | PJ WF |
| 2 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | FIREBALL |
| 16 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 July 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.4 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | WESTERN STAR |
| 27 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 July 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | LITTLE BOULDER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Jerome: 4 past producers, 3 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Jerome Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Agricultural College Land | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite | |
| Gottscall | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Ozark Branch Bank | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite | |
| Unk | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jerome in 10 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2012 | Flash Flood | Jerome | $50,000 | Water flooded out homes causing evacuations to be conducted. Highway D was closed due to flooding. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jerome | $15,000 | Pictures and video from fire department and citizens near Jerome depicted widespread wind damage with uprooted and snapped trees and some outbuildings collapsed. |
| March 1995 | Hail | Jerome | $1,500 | Golf ball-size hail was reported by spotters in Jerome and the Rolla Police Department reported hail up to three-quarter inch in diameter within the city limits of Rolla. Minor damage was reported to cars. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Jerome | - | Social media report of ping pong ball size hail. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jerome | - | A large tree was uprooted near Pearl and Main Streets. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jerome | - | Trees were downed across Highway J. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jerome | - | A few trees were downed from severe thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Jerome | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Jerome | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jerome | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arlington | 0.5 miles | 25 | |
| Table Rock | 2.8 miles | 25 | |
| Sugartree | 2.9 miles | 25 | |
| Powellville | 3.2 miles | 20 | |
| Clementine | 4.0 miles | 20 | |
| Newburg | 4.1 miles | 25 | |
| Doolittle | 5.2 miles | 25 | |
| Westcott (historical) | 5.3 miles | 25 |
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 Jerome | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6182525 | 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 750506. 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.
















