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Rhome, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Boyd-Rhome census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76078. The Survey maps it on the Rhome quadrangle. 1,630 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 942 feet above sea level.

Rhome within Wise County

Population over time

3 figures

Rhome grew from 551 to 1,630 between 2000 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.

YearPeople Change
2000551
20101,522+971 (+176%)
20201,630+108 (+7%)

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

173 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Rhome between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,681 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined65
Debris and open burning48
Equipment and vehicle use34
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Arson/incendiarism4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
28 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
27 September 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceEPSON SALT
26 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 114
22 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
16 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service354 BRAMMER
14 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBUSINESS HWY 287 N.
8 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wise County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Rhome: 2 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
General Portland Newark DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Texas Industries Boyd Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wise County

Storms near this place

40 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rhome in 40 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 21 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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
October 2000LightningRhome1 hurtA boy was in critical condition after being struck by lightning in the parking lot of the Texas Motor Speedway.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindRhome$100,000Seventy percent of the roof of a Dairy Queen restaurant was destroyed by high winds. Flying debris from the Dairy Queen damaged a nearby house.
April 2024HailRhome$100,000no account filed
May 2021HailRhome$100,000no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindRhome$50,000Numerous shingles were blown off residential roofs.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindRhome$30,000Roof damage occurred to several houses and numerous fences were blown down.
September 1997Thunderstorm WindRhome$25,000Strong winds destroyed a metal building. Debris from the building damaged a truck and a house.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindRhome$20,000Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a residence and snapped power poles approximately 6 miles north-northeast of Rhome.
September 2013Heavy RainRhome$15,000Three people were injured when their pickup truck rolled after losing control on a rain-slicked road. The accident occurred near the intersection of US 287 and Texas 114 West. All three passengers were transported to local hospitals.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindRhome$10,000A steeple was blown off a church about 2 miles west of Rhome.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindRhome$7,000Thunderstorm winds of 61 MPH were reported 2 miles east-northeast of Rhome. The strong winds knocked out the power.
October 1998Thunderstorm WindRhome$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed power lines, broke large tree limbs, and blew over a travel trailer.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindRhome$5,000A barn was destroyed by thunderstorm winds.
August 1994Thunderstorm WindRhome$5,000Large tree limbs and telephone poles were blown down.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindRhome$5,000Numerous trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindRhome$3,000Sixty MPH thunderstorm winds were estimated approximately 7 miles west of the intersection of Highway 114 and FM 156. This location is southeast of Rhome.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindRhome$2,000Trees were blown down.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindRhome$1,000A trained spotter reported large trees down on Hwy 287 at CR 4838 with the highway shut down in both directions.
November 2025HailRhome-A social media report indicated hail ranging from quarter sized to golf ball sized in Rhome.
May 2024HailRhome-Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).
June 2024HailRhome-Quarter size hail was reported by an NWS employee just southeast of Boyd, TX.
April 2020HailRhome-Nickel size hail was reported on US-287 in Rhome.
April 2018HailRhome-Amateur radio reported nickel sized hail approximately 3 miles south-southwest of the city of Aurora, TX.
April 2014HailRhome-A public report of nickel sized hail was received in Rhome.
October 2013HailRhome-Quarter sized hail was reported just south of Rhome.
June 2004Flash FloodRhome-Flooding was reported near Highwat 287 and FM 407.
June 2004HailRhome-Golfball size hail occurred in Newark.
May 2021HailRhome-no account filed
April 2011HailRhome-no account filed
September 2001HailRhome-no account filed
March 2000HailRhome-no account filed
March 2000HailRhome-no account filed
March 1999HailRhome-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindRhome-no account filed
June 1997HailRhome-no account filed
April 1997HailRhome-no account filed
April 1996Tornado (F0)Rhome-no account filed
April 1996HailRhome-no account filed
April 1995HailRhome-no account filed
April 1994HailRhome-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wise 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
Aurora1.7 miles12
New Fairview3.4 miles9
Newark3.7 miles9
Bryan4.2 miles9
Newark Beach4.5 miles20
Fairview4.6 miles12
Boyd5.2 miles12
Briar5.5 miles20

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 RhomeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q981769The 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 1345152. 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.