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Romero, Texas

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Channing census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79022. The Survey maps it on the Romero quadrangle.

Romero within Hartley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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

28 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Romero between 2006 and 2020, burning about 7,969 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 1 was 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
Natural13
Equipment and vehicle use7
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
27 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
16 August 2011Natural10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCASELBERRES
14 August 2008Naturalunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
10 August 2008Naturalunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
18 July 2015Natural5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service54 & 3296
18 July 2011Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCASTLEBERRY FIRE
10 July 2007Natural43 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 June 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service54 & 3296

Every fire recorded in Hartley County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Romero: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Uranium. 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
Monument Leach Project, Sec 28UraniumProducer

Every working recorded in Hartley County

Storms near this place

23 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Romero in 23 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 16 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2009Thunderstorm WindRomero$6,000A trained spotter reported that two trees were uprooted and that a full dumpster was turned over by the strong thunderstorm winds. The trained spotter also reported that a barn door was smashed in and that a one thousand gallon propane tank had been moved four feet by the thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2025HailRomero$5,000no account filed
June 2019HailRomero-Dime to quarter size hail occurred with severe thunderstorms in the area.
April 2016HailRomero-Golf ball size hail was found on the ground after it fell on FM 767 about 5 miles east of Romero.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindRomero-A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of fifty-two knots in Romero.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindRomero-The general public estimated fifty-two knot thunderstorm wind gusts just north northwest of Romero.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindRomero-A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts around sixty-one knots in Romero.
August 2025HailRomero-no account filed
June 2012HailRomero-no account filed
October 2011HailRomero-no account filed
May 2010HailRomero-no account filed
May 2010HailRomero-no account filed
June 2010HailRomero-no account filed
June 2009HailRomero-no account filed
May 2008HailRomero-no account filed
May 2008HailRomero-no account filed
March 2007HailRomero-no account filed
February 2005Thunderstorm WindRomero-no account filed
April 2004HailRomero-no account filed
June 2004HailRomero-no account filed
June 2004HailRomero-no account filed
May 1999Tornado (F0)Romero-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindRomero-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hartley 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
Middle Water11.3 miles6
King16.6 miles6
Twin Mill17.0 miles6
Rehm22.4 miles6
Hartley30.4 miles6
Channing32.0 miles6
Wilco39.6 miles6
Exum44.2 miles6

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380456. 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.