Conway, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Panhandle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79068. The Survey maps it on the Conway quadrangle. It stands 3,458 feet above sea level.
On record in Conway
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Route 66, TX 207 to I-40listed 2007
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Amarillo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Claude quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Conway quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Conway between 2006 and 2020, burning about 9,152 acres in total. 7 started naturally. None 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 August 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWAY 207 & CHARLIE RD. |
| 17 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHARLIE RD. & CEMATARY RD. |
| 14 August 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 June 2006 | Natural | 8,000 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 550 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RUSS COMPLEX FIRE |
| 10 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 63 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Conway in 63 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 45 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | 4 hurt | Four tractor trailer rigs were blown over on Interstate 40. Four people were taken to the hospital for treatment. |
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | 1 hurt, $50,000 | Local law enforcement officials reported that three eighteen wheeler tractor trailer rigs were either rolled over or blown into a ditch along Interstate 40 between Amarillo and Groom. There was one minor injury reported. |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | $150,000 | Eighteen wheeler was blown over. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Conway | - | Quarter size hail fell along I-40 north of Claude. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Conway | - | This hail was observed 8 miles west of Groom. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Conway | - | Golf ball size hail fell 6 miles northeast of Washburn. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Conway | - | Gold ball hail fell across Interstate 40 around mile marker 102 as a severe storm crossed the highway. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Conway | - | At 207 and interstate 40. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | - | Estimated measurement of 70 MPH. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Conway | - | Quarter size hail was reported 3 miles northwest of Conway. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Conway | - | Half dollar size hail fell 8 miles north-northeast of Claude. |
| April 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Conway | - | Storm chasers observed a non-mesocyclonic tornado near Conway. A National Weather Service damage survey found minor telephone pole damage. A damage rating of EF-0 was assigned to this tornado. Estimated peak winds were 70 mph. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Conway | - | Quarter size hail was reported 7 miles west of Groom. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Conway | - | Quarter size hail was reported in Conway. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Conway | - | Discrete thunderstorms developed over the southern Texas Panhandle during the evening hours of the 16th. One of these thunderstorms developed over northern Carson County and moved to the south-southeast across the county. A trained storm spotter 2 miles east of Conway (Carson County) reported ping pong size hail (1.50 inches) as the thunderstorm moved overhead. The thunderstorm continued to move to the south-southeast across the county after producing this hail. |
| May 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Conway | - | The tornado remained over open country and the path length and width were estimated. |
| May 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Conway | - | The tornado remained over open country and the path length and width were estimated. |
| June 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Conway | - | The tornado remained over open country and the track was estimated. |
| April 1995 | Hail | Conway | - | Thunderstorms over the Texas panhandle caused nearly $200 thousand in damage. Several trailers, barns and outbuildings were destroyed in Ochiltree county and the wind was measured at 89 MPH in Perryton. In Booker, windows were blown out in several homes. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Conway | - | 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.
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 Conway | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14212316 | 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 1354894. 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.
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.




