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Rome, Oregon

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Jordan Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97910. The Survey maps it on the Rome quadrangle. It stands 3,386 feet above sea level.

Rome within Malheur County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

20 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Rome between 1996 and 2020, burning about 5,258 acres in total. 11 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
Natural11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Firearms and explosives use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Debris and open burning1

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
9 August 2001Natural2,376 acresVale DistrictJORDAN CRK
6 August 2011Natural1,742 acresVale DistrictPASCUAL 1
6 August 1998Natural9.0 acresVale DistrictLAUNCH
3 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVale DistrictMM 56
3 August 2002Naturalunder an acreVale DistrictSMALL
26 August 1996Natural500 acresVale DistrictROME
22 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresVale DistrictOWYHEE SPRING RESERVOIR
9 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresVale DistrictROME

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Malheur County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Rome: 4 producers, 3 occurrences, 3 past producers, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Zeolites, Gold, Stone, Dimension, Volcanic Materials. 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
Round Mtn. BLM WellGeothermalProducer
Cleopatra ClaimGoldOccurrence
Cleopatra ClaimGoldOccurrence
Mp 52.6 I.O.N. HwySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mp 52.6 I.O.N. HwySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rol Rop GroupStone, Dimension, ZeolitesPast Producer
Rol Rop GroupVolcanic MaterialsProducer
Rome NorthStone, Dimension, ZeolitesPast Producer
Rome NorthVolcanic MaterialsProducer
Rome Tuff Fluorspar DepositFluorine-Fluorite, ZeolitesProspect1967

Every working recorded in Malheur County

Storms near this place

8 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rome in 8 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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
July 2025Thunderstorm WindRome-The Grassy Mountain RAWS site recorded a wind gust of 58 mph. No damage was reported.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindRome-A thunderstorm developed near Burns Junction shortly after the Rome storm, and produced even stronger wind. The mesonet near Burns Junction recorded gusts over 60 mph for about 10 minutes, with a peak gust of 71 mph. Sustained winds were still near 40 mph, speaking to the quick moving nature of the winds.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindRome-Rome airport observed gusts near 60 mph for about 5 minutes as a thunderstorms gust front move through. Sustained winds were between 36-44 mph at the same time. This occurred shortly before an even stronger gust occurred at Burns Junction.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindRome-An official NWS observation recorded a wind gust of 78 mph one mile northwest of Rome, OR.
July 2002HailRome-A very warm, moist and unstable airmass allowed afternoon thunderstorms to intensify as they marched northeastward across Malheur County. One thunderstorm dropped hail that measured up to 3/4 inch in diameter just south of Burns Junction.
April 1998HailRome-A severe thunderstorm produced one and a half inch hail at Danner in southeast Oregon. this storm then crossed into Idaho and produced a number of severe weather reports in Idaho as well.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindRome-no account filed
April 1995Thunderstorm WindRome-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Malheur 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
Arock7.5 miles9
Danner16.9 miles9
Jordan Valley31.8 miles9
Basque32.2 miles8
Cord (historical)32.9 miles8
Crowley34.3 miles6
Watson (historical)35.0 miles8
Sheaville36.5 miles7

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 Q3478055The 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 1126268. 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.