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Rome, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Campbell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65608. It stands on Jack Branch. The Survey maps it on the Brownbranch quadrangle. It stands 951 feet above sea level.

Rome within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 13 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

83 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Rome between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,797 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 47 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/incendiarism47
Debris and open burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 August 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMark Twain National Forest147
6 July 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177291-03437-07062018-1345
14 July 2020Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation220571-03437-07142020-1340
7 May 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 1995Debris and open burning40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 2001Arson/incendiarism31 acresMark Twain National ForestARKANSAS VIEW
6 April 2001Arson/incendiarism14 acresMark Twain National ForestONION

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Rome: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, 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
Roberts DiggingsZinc, LeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Douglas County

Storms near this place

13 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rome in 13 storm reports between 2001 and 2019: 5 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 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
May 2011Thunderstorm WindRome$5,000Trees were blown down along Highway A.
May 2019Heavy RainRome-A co-op observer reported a 24-hr rainfall accumulation of 5.25 inches.
December 2018Thunderstorm WindRome-Two large trees were uprooted.
April 2013Flash FloodRome-A water rescue was conducted at a low water crossing.
December 2008Thunderstorm WindRome-Thunderstorm wind gusts knocked over a tree.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindRome-Several large trees were downed in a forested area from severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
April 2014HailRome-no account filed
June 2012Heavy RainRome-no account filed
May 2008HailRome-no account filed
May 2008HailRome-no account filed
May 2008HailRome-no account filed
June 2001HailRome-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindRome-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Douglas 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
Smallett3.2 miles14
Roy3.7 miles12
Jackson Mill3.9 miles12
Cross Roads4.3 miles13
Goodhope5.0 miles12
Hest6.2 miles13
Merritt6.4 miles12
Witty6.5 miles13

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 RomeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q20710790The 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 751958. 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.