Romance, Arkansas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Cadron Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72136. It stands on Clifty Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mount Vernon quadrangle. It stands 561 feet above sea level.
On record in Romance
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 3 records
Pence-Carmichael Farm, Barn and Root Cellarlisted 1992- Roy Harper Houselisted 1992
- Scott-Davis Houselisted 1992
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Conway quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
59 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Romance between 2000 and 2020, burning about 1,310 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 12 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 burning | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Smoking | 95 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2000 | Smoking | 65 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Romance: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, 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.
Storms near this place
22 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Romance in 22 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 5 tornado, 1 lightning. The reports record 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Romance | 4 hurt, $40,000 | The NWS survey revealed an EF1 tornado that started just west of Wayne |Walker Road, rolling a mobile home. Another mobile home was severely damaged off Highland Circle just to the east. Along R. G. Davis Road, a double-wide mobile home was pushed off the block foundation. A mobile home along Reames Road sustained roof damage. Other than damage to mobile homes, several trees were either snapped or uprooted along the path. This tornado lifted just southeast of the intersection of Reames and Blackjack Mountain Road. There were four injuries reported. |
| July 1996 | Lightning | Romance | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| March 1994 | Hail | Romance | $50,000 | Baseball-size hail broke several windows in Romance. |
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romance | $30,000 | Trees and power lines were down across the area. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romance | $20,000 | Half of a metal roof was blown off a house, another house had siding damage, an outbuilding was destroyed, and trees were blown down. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romance | $5,000 | Several trees were knocked down. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romance | $500 | Thunderstorm winds blew down tree limbs. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romance | - | A small and weak gustnado occurred in Hammondsville captured by a security camera. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romance | - | A tree fell across the roadway near the community of Hammondsville. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romance | - | A store sustained some damage. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Romance | - | A weak tornado moved from Faulkner County into White County about 4.5 miles northwest of Romance. The tornado moved northeastward and remained on the ground for 5 miles before dissipating 5 miles north of Romance. Most of the damage consisted of downed trees and power poles. Several homes suffered roof damage from falling trees and torn off shingles. |
| December 2002 | Tornado (F1) | Romance | - | A weak tornado moved from eastern Faulkner County into western White County about 3.5 miles west of Romance. The tornado traveled to the northeast for 6 miles before lifting. Damage along the path of the tornado consisted of a small trailer and camping trailer being overturned. Some shingles and other minor damage occurred to the roofs of several homes. Numerous trees were also blown down. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Romance | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down tree limbs. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Romance | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romance | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Romance | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Romance | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Romance | - | no account filed |
| December 1996 | Hail | Romance | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Romance | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romance | - | no account filed |
| February 1996 | Hail | Romance | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hart | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Gravel Hill | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Hammondsville | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Floyd | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Turnip (historical) | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Joy | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Rose Bud | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Sunrise (historical) | 6.6 miles | 10 |
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 Romance | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3250689 | 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 54177. 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.







