Romayor, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hardin-Rye census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77368. It stands on Nevill Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Romayor quadrangle. It stands 85 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1943 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Rayburn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Romayor quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
30 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Romayor between 1993 and 2018, burning about 277 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 1993 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONTROL BURN |
| 18 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 September 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 19 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 8083 |
| 10 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 8079 |
| 1 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WINDING CREEK |
| 25 August 2011 | Natural | 11 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 773 |
| 15 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Romayor: 6 producers. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dolen No. 12 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand | |
| Dolen No. 36 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand | |
| Fitch Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lone Star Dolen Pit 36 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rye Dredge & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand |
Storms near this place
6 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Romayor in 6 storm reports between 1993 and 2003: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romayor | $5,000 | Sheriff's office reported a tree fell on a car in Romayor. |
| August 1996 | Hail | Romayor | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romayor | $3,000 | Tree down. |
| February 1999 | Hail | Romayor | $3,000 | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Flash Flood | Romayor | $2,000 | Minor street flooding in Romayor. |
| April 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romayor | $500 | KSHN-FM radio station reported a tree blown down across Highway 787 near Romayor. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Creek | 1.0 miles | 12 | |
| Milvid | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Dolen | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Rye | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Big Thicket Creekmore Village | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Marvels | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Mason Lake Estates | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Rayburn | 5.0 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 Romayor | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7362919 | 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 1366839. 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.






