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Rome, Wisconsin

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Rome town. It lies in ZIP code area 54457. It stands on Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Arkdale NE quadrangle. It stands 1,010 feet above sea level.

Rome within Adams County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

202 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 202 fires within 5 miles of Rome between 1992 and 2020, burning about 552 acres in total. None started naturally. 22 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
Debris and open burning48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Recreation and ceremony31
Equipment and vehicle use24
Arson/incendiarism22
Fireworks10
Smoking9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Other causes4

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
7 September 2013Recreation and ceremony22 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesCOUNTY LINE FIRE
30 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesBADGER FIRE
18 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesFROG FIRE
15 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Adams County

Storms near this place

24 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rome in 24 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 11 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 1 wildfire. 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 2019FloodNew Rome$750,000Runoff from melting snow caused flooding to occur along numerous streams across Adams County. Most county highways were impacted by water with numerous closures. Some homes had water in the basements or first floor. Almost 20 homes sustained minor damage with 5 homes and businesses sustaining major damage. At least two drivers unknowingly drove into washouts on county roads. A county-wide state of emergency was declared.
March 1998HailNew Rome$100,000no account filed
April 1998WildfireNew Rome$80,000no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindNew Rome$25,000no account filed
July 2015LightningNew Rome$20,000A house located near Lake Camelot sustained significant fire and water damage from a fire started by a lightning strike. The lightning strike also damaged the phone lines of a neighboring house.
June 2019LightningNew Rome$10,000A lightning strike from a thunderstorm struck a parked boat near Lake Camelot east of Rome. The resulting fire destroyed the boat and damaged some trees.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindNew Rome$8,000no account filed
March 1998Thunderstorm WindNew Rome$8,000no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindNew Rome$3,000Power lines were blown down along County Highway Z northeast of Monroe Center.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindNew Rome$3,000Five large trees were blown down east of New Rome.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindNew Rome$2,000Several trees were blown down in New Rome.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindNew Rome$2,000A few trees were blown down east of New Rome.
May 2002HailNew Rome$1,500no account filed
May 2008HailNew Rome$1,000no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindNew Rome$1,000no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindNew Rome-The public reported numerous trees down in the Lake Arrowhead and Lake Sherwood subdivisions.
May 2024HailNew Rome-Hail of 0.75 inch diameter was reported near Petenwell Lake via MPING.
April 2022HailNew Rome-Quarter sized hail fell in New Rome.
August 2020HailNew Rome-no account filed
May 2012HailNew Rome-no account filed
April 2011HailNew Rome-no account filed
July 2006HailNew Rome-no account filed
May 1998HailNew Rome-no account filed
July 1997HailRome-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Adams 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
New Rome (historical)3.2 miles7
New Rome3.8 miles8
Big Flats7.5 miles7
Monroe Center10.2 miles8
Cottonville11.2 miles7
Roche a Cri (historical)11.6 miles7
Arkdale14.0 miles8
Strongs Prairie14.1 miles8

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 Q7362958The 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 2742066. 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.

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.