Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
“The Scott-Davis House is a historic house in rural White County, Arkansas. It is located south of the small community of Romance, on the south side of Blackjack Mountain Road, west of its junction with Wayne Walker Road.”
Wikipedia article Scott-Davis House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 203 National Register listings published here for White County · listed in 1992 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Scott-Davis House between 2000 and 2020, burning about 1,329 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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 | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 19 August 2010 | Natural | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Scott-Davis House: 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.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Romance, the town this property stands in, 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 |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Pence-Carmichael Farm, Barn and Root Cellar | 1.4 miles | 1992 |
| Roy Harper House | 2.7 miles | 1992 | |
| Mount Olive-Bedford Chapel Cemetery | 2.9 miles | 2019 | |
 | Gravel Hill Baptist Church | 4.7 miles | 1992 |
 | L. D. Hutchinson House | 5.6 miles | 1992 |
 | Floyd Cotton Gin | 5.7 miles | 1992 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 91001306 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| White County | All 203 listed properties in this county. |
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