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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.

Conway within Carson County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

18 since 2006

Regional 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
Natural7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning1

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
3 August 2011Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWAY 207 & CHARLIE RD.
17 August 2009Naturalunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCHARLIE RD. & CEMATARY RD.
14 August 2006Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
19 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
10 July 2006Equipment and vehicle use15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
15 June 2006Natural8,000 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
13 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined550 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRUSS COMPLEX FIRE
10 June 2020Equipment and vehicle use12 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carson County

Storms near this place

60 of 63 shown

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1998Thunderstorm WindConway4 hurtFour tractor trailer rigs were blown over on Interstate 40. Four people were taken to the hospital for treatment.
April 2012Thunderstorm WindConway1 hurt, $50,000Local 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 2000Thunderstorm WindConway$150,000Eighteen wheeler was blown over.
September 2025HailConway-Quarter size hail fell along I-40 north of Claude.
May 2020HailConway-This hail was observed 8 miles west of Groom.
June 2020HailConway-Golf ball size hail fell 6 miles northeast of Washburn.
June 2019HailConway-Gold ball hail fell across Interstate 40 around mile marker 102 as a severe storm crossed the highway.
June 2018HailConway-At 207 and interstate 40.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindConway-Estimated measurement of 70 MPH.
April 2016HailConway-Quarter size hail was reported 3 miles northwest of Conway.
May 2016HailConway-Half dollar size hail fell 8 miles north-northeast of Claude.
April 2015Tornado (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 2015HailConway-Quarter size hail was reported 7 miles west of Groom.
May 2015HailConway-Quarter size hail was reported in Conway.
June 2013HailConway-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 2001Tornado (F0)Conway-The tornado remained over open country and the path length and width were estimated.
May 2001Tornado (F0)Conway-The tornado remained over open country and the path length and width were estimated.
June 1999Tornado (F0)Conway-The tornado remained over open country and the track was estimated.
April 1995HailConway-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 2023HailConway-no account filed
June 2023HailConway-no account filed
June 2019HailConway-no account filed
June 2019HailConway-no account filed
June 2019HailConway-no account filed
June 2019HailConway-no account filed
June 2019HailConway-no account filed
May 2017HailConway-no account filed
April 2017HailConway-no account filed
April 2017HailConway-no account filed
April 2017HailConway-no account filed
July 2016HailConway-no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindConway-no account filed
April 2012HailConway-no account filed
April 2012HailConway-no account filed
June 2012HailConway-no account filed
June 2009HailConway-no account filed
August 2009HailConway-no account filed
October 2007Thunderstorm WindConway-no account filed
August 2007HailConway-no account filed
August 2007HailConway-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindConway-no account filed
May 2005HailConway-no account filed
May 2003HailConway-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindConway-no account filed
June 2002HailConway-no account filed
June 2002HailConway-no account filed
May 2002HailConway-no account filed
May 2001HailConway-no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindConway-no account filed
May 2001HailConway-no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindConway-no account filed
March 2000Thunderstorm WindConway-no account filed
March 2000HailConway-no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindConway-no account filed
June 2000HailConway-no account filed
May 1997HailConway-no account filed
May 1997HailConway-no account filed
May 1997HailConway-no account filed
June 1997HailConway-no account filed
June 1997HailConway-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Carson 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
Lark7.5 miles7
Yarnall8.3 miles8
Lee8.8 miles6
Panhandle9.5 miles6
Abell13.4 miles6
Cuyler13.8 miles7
Groom14.5 miles7
Pomeroy17.5 miles7

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 ConwayAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14212316The 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.