Romance, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Barren Fork Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65773. It lies near Cooper Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Willhoit quadrangle. It stands 984 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 13 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.
- 1936 USGS Thornfield quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Thornfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1945 USGS Thornfield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Willhoit quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ava quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 2004 USGS Willhoit quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
44 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Romance between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,695 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 15 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 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 24 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 23 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 21 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 August 1999 | Natural | 12 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Romance: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Rippee Iron Mine | Iron | Occurrence | Surface | |
| D + D Lime Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Romance in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2023: 1 flood, 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Hail | Romance | - | Golf ball sized hail was reported. |
| November 2015 | Flood | Romance | - | County Road 115 just about 3 miles east of Noble was flooded and impassable. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willhoit | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Grabeel (historical) | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Almartha | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Noble | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Nottinghill | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Souder | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Brixey | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Summit City | 6.1 miles | 13 |
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 Q3469274 | 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 751956. 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.











