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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.

Romance within White County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

59 since 2000

Regional 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 burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Natural2

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
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2000Smoking95 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2007Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2000Smoking65 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2010Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in White 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 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in White County

Storms near this place

22 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2020Tornado (EF1)Romance4 hurt, $40,000The 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 1996LightningRomance1 hurtno account filed
March 1994HailRomance$50,000Baseball-size hail broke several windows in Romance.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindRomance$30,000Trees and power lines were down across the area.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindRomance$20,000Half of a metal roof was blown off a house, another house had siding damage, an outbuilding was destroyed, and trees were blown down.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindRomance$5,000Several trees were knocked down.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindRomance$500Thunderstorm winds blew down tree limbs.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindRomance-A small and weak gustnado occurred in Hammondsville captured by a security camera.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindRomance-A tree fell across the roadway near the community of Hammondsville.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindRomance-A store sustained some damage.
May 2003Tornado (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 2002Tornado (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 1994HailRomance-Thunderstorm winds blew down tree limbs.
April 2005HailRomance-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindRomance-no account filed
January 1999Tornado (F1)Romance-no account filed
January 1999Tornado (F1)Romance-no account filed
May 1997HailRomance-no account filed
December 1996HailRomance-no account filed
April 1996HailRomance-no account filed
March 1996Thunderstorm WindRomance-no account filed
February 1996HailRomance-no account filed

Every storm recorded in White 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
Hart4.0 miles10
Gravel Hill4.2 miles9
Hammondsville5.1 miles11
Floyd5.5 miles10
Turnip (historical)5.9 miles10
Joy6.2 miles9
Rose Bud6.4 miles10
Sunrise (historical)6.6 miles10

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 RomanceAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3250689The 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.