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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.

Jerome within Phelps County

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 25 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

85 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism35
Debris and open burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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
4 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use12 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
31 August 1995Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMark Twain National ForestP HIGHWAY
23 August 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresMark Twain National ForestPJ WF
2 August 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMark Twain National ForestFIREBALL
16 August 1992Debris and open burning15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 July 2017Arson/incendiarism2.4 acresMark Twain National ForestWESTERN STAR
27 July 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 July 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMark Twain National ForestLITTLE BOULDER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Phelps County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkLead, ZincPast Producer
Jerome Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Agricultural College LandIronOccurrenceLimonite
GottscallIronOccurrence
Ozark Branch BankIronOccurrenceLimonite
UnkIronPast Producer
UnkIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Phelps County

Storms near this place

10 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2012Flash FloodJerome$50,000Water flooded out homes causing evacuations to be conducted. Highway D was closed due to flooding.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindJerome$15,000Pictures and video from fire department and citizens near Jerome depicted widespread wind damage with uprooted and snapped trees and some outbuildings collapsed.
March 1995HailJerome$1,500Golf 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 2024HailJerome-Social media report of ping pong ball size hail.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindJerome-A large tree was uprooted near Pearl and Main Streets.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindJerome-Trees were downed across Highway J.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindJerome-A few trees were downed from severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
March 2012HailJerome-no account filed
March 2012HailJerome-no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindJerome-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Phelps 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
Arlington0.5 miles25
Table Rock2.8 miles25
Sugartree2.9 miles25
Powellville3.2 miles20
Clementine4.0 miles20
Newburg4.1 miles25
Doolittle5.2 miles25
Westcott (historical)5.3 miles25

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 JeromeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6182525The 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.