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Four Way, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Dumas census division. The Survey maps it on the Masterson quadrangle.

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Four Way within Moore County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

37 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Four Way between 1993 and 2019, burning about 69,020 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural2
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
5 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDUTCHER546
29 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresLake Meredith National Recreation AreaYANTIS
21 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSOUTH MASTERSON 648
31 July 1993Naturalunder an acreLake Meredith National Recreation AreaHAGY-2
31 July 1993Natural60 acresLake Meredith National Recreation AreaHAGY-1
2 July 2011Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDAVIS567
6 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMOORE
21 June 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCIG RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Moore 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 Four Way: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Helium. 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
U S Bureau of Mines OperationHeliumProducer

Every working recorded in Moore County

Storms near this place

60 of 63 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Four Way in 63 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 43 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2025Thunderstorm WindFour Way$16,000Two semi trucks were blown over at the rest stop on Highway 287 south of Dumas.
April 2007Tornado (EF2)Four Way$8,000This tornado developed approximately one to two miles south of Farm to Market Road 1913 about three miles east of Four Way...and likely dissipated near State Highway 152 five miles east of Dumas. Visible damage was limited to five single power poles snapped...fence downed...and large round hay bales were tossed around. No injuries were reported.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindFour Way-A trained spotter estimated wind gusts at the leading edge of a line of storms to be around 65mph.
May 2024HailFour Way-Hail up to penny size fell to the north of the main hail core of the storm.
April 2022HailFour Way-Multiple hail reports came in along FM 1913 west of Lake Meredith of hail between 1 and 1.5.
June 2019HailFour Way-Pea to dime size hail was reported near Four Way by trained spotters in the area.
May 2019HailFour Way-Late report of crosswinds along U.S. Highway 287 with 60 mph winds, and 2 inch hail.
May 2017HailFour Way-Hail still falling at time of the report. Half Dollar size hail reported east of Four Way.
September 2016Tornado (EF0)Four Way-NWS survey team found 1.2 mile long damage path. Shed destroyed, widespread tree damage and roof damage to a mobile home.
September 2016Tornado (EF0)Four Way-Rope tornado touched down briefly two times in rapid succession around 0941 PM. The event was witnessed by a trained spotter and deputy and was reported through the assistant Emergency Manager for Moore County.
April 2015HailFour Way-Penny to quarter size hail at Highway 354 and Farm to Market Road 2202.
April 2015HailFour Way-Hail covered the road 10 to 15 miles southwest of Dumas.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindFour Way-A cluster of thunderstorms moved into the Texas Panhandle during the early afternoon hours of the 14th. As storms neared the town of Four Way (Moore County), the KVII Schoolnet site at Middlewell Methodist Church 10 mile west-northwest of Four Way (Moore County) reported a 60 mph downburst. After producing this downburst the cluster of storms continued moving southward across the Panhandle.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindFour Way-The Moore County Emergency Managers Office estimated the thunderstorm wind gusts about one mile south of Four Way Texas. There were no reports of damage or injuries.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindFour Way-The public reported five inch diameter tree limbs that had been blown down about eleven miles west of Four Way Texas by the thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindFour Way-An amateur radio operator estimated the thunderstorm wind gusts near Four Way.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindFour Way-A trained spotter estimated the thunderstorm wind gusts north of Four Way.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindFour Way-A trained spotter located about ten miles south of Dumas estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of fifty-two knots.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindFour Way-A trained spotter estimated the thunderstorm wind gusts which blew some leaves off of trees.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindFour Way-The general public estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of fifty-six knots east of Channing.
June 2004Flash FloodFour Way-Water was reported over the road at U.S. Highway 287 and Texas Highway 354.
March 1993HailFour Way-A late evening thunderstorm became severe and produced dime-size hail. The hail which fell near Dumas was reported by the Moore County Sheriff's Office, while the hail east of Four Way was reported by the public.
May 2023HailFour Way-no account filed
June 2023HailFour Way-no account filed
May 2019HailFour Way-no account filed
May 2019HailFour Way-no account filed
May 2019HailFour Way-no account filed
May 2017HailFour Way-no account filed
May 2017HailFour Way-no account filed
May 2017HailFour Way-no account filed
May 2017HailFour Way-no account filed
May 2017HailFour Way-no account filed
June 2017HailFour Way-no account filed
August 2016HailFour Way-no account filed
March 2012HailFour Way-no account filed
June 2010HailFour Way-no account filed
August 2009HailFour Way-no account filed
May 2008HailFour Way-no account filed
May 2008HailFour Way-no account filed
May 2008HailFour Way-no account filed
August 2008HailFour Way-no account filed
August 2008HailFour Way-no account filed
April 2007HailFour Way-no account filed
June 2007HailFour Way-no account filed
May 2005Thunderstorm WindFour Way-no account filed
June 2004HailFour Way-no account filed
June 2004HailFour Way-no account filed
June 2004HailFour Way-no account filed
June 2004HailFour Way-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindFour Way-no account filed
September 2003HailFour Way-no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindFour Way-no account filed
April 1999HailFour Way-no account filed
June 1997HailFour Way-no account filed
June 1997Flash FloodFour Way-no account filed
May 1997HailFour Way-no account filed
May 1997Thunderstorm WindFour Way-no account filed
September 1996HailFour Way-no account filed
September 1996HailFour Way-no account filed
September 1996Tornado (F0)Four Way-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Moore 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
Masterson3.8 miles9
Bautista3.8 miles6
Exell4.2 miles9
Stallwitz Lake8.7 miles6
Middlewell9.9 miles6
Dumas12.1 miles6
Machovec17.5 miles6
Sheerin19.8 miles6

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1357654. 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.