Romar Beach, Alabama
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Foley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36561. The Survey maps it on the Orange Beach quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1921 USGS Bon Secour quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Foley quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Foley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Miflin quadrangle1:25000
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Orange Beach quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Orange Beach quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
37 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Romar Beach between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,837 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20140903-002 |
| 27 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 68 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20120927-002 |
| 2 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200802-1 |
| 4 July 2009 | Fireworks | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CANAL ROAD, AL |
| 4 July 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 100 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | GULF PARK |
| 28 July 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 300 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20170721-1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Romar Beach: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bagley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Romar Beach in 5 storm reports between 2016 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. The reports record 2 injuries. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romar Beach | 2 hurt | Strong winds rolled one camper into another at Gulf State Park Campground. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romar Beach | - | Large tree downed and doing structural damage to Twin Bridge Trail bridge near the Sportsplex in Orange Beach AL. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romar Beach | - | Emergency management reported a couple of overturned RV's in Gulf Shores. |
| February 2016 | Flash Flood | Romar Beach | - | Flooding was reported at the Orange Beach Sportsplex off Canal Rd. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Romar Beach | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Beach | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| Gulf Shores | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Caswell | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| Oak | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Oyster Bay | 6.6 miles | 17 | |
| Josephine | 6.6 miles | 19 | |
| Bon Secour | 6.8 miles | 17 | |
| Miflin | 7.6 miles | 19 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122592242 | The 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 125919. 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.









