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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1954 USGS Tucumcari quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucumcari quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Romero quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Hartley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
28 since 2006Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 August 2011 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CASELBERRES |
| 14 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 July 2015 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 54 & 3296 |
| 18 July 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CASTLEBERRY FIRE |
| 10 July 2007 | Natural | 43 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 June 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 54 & 3296 |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monument Leach Project, Sec 28 | Uranium | Producer |
Storms near this place
23 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romero | $6,000 | A 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 2025 | Hail | Romero | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Romero | - | Dime to quarter size hail occurred with severe thunderstorms in the area. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Romero | - | Golf ball size hail was found on the ground after it fell on FM 767 about 5 miles east of Romero. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romero | - | A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of fifty-two knots in Romero. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romero | - | The general public estimated fifty-two knot thunderstorm wind gusts just north northwest of Romero. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romero | - | A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts around sixty-one knots in Romero. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Romero | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Romero | - | no account filed |
| October 2011 | Hail | Romero | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Romero | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Romero | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Romero | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Romero | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Romero | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Romero | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Romero | - | no account filed |
| February 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romero | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Romero | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Romero | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Romero | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Romero | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romero | - | no account filed |
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.
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.



