BlockHalfway, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Plainview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79072. The Survey maps it on the Halfway quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Plainview quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plainview quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Halfway quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Plainview quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Halfway in 2006, burning about 3 acres in total. None 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/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 January 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
30 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Halfway in 30 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 18 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halfway | $1,000,000 | An NWS storm survey revealed extensive damage in Hale County about seven miles northwest of Hale Center. Thunderstorms began bowing out across Lamb and western Hale Counties creating a line of destructive winds. According to a local agricultural producer, at least 35 irrigation center pivots were flipped in the area. An NWS storm survey found an out building that had been destroyed as well as a flipped RV. Several of the flipped irrigation center pivots were also found around the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 179 and 1071. Based on the damages observed, winds were estimated between 80 and 90 mph. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Halfway | $300,000 | A citizen reported golf ball size hail east of Halfway. Damage to center pivots, grain crops, and half a dozen power poles was reported in the area between Edmonson and Hale Center due to the large hail and strong thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Halfway | $250,000 | A swath of hail ranging in size from nickel to golf ball size fell from west of Plainview east across the city. Damage was generally minor and consisted mostly of vehicle dents, though some homes and businesses suffered damage to roof shingles. Very little wind accompanied the hail. |
| April 2007 | Tornado (EF2) | Halfway | $200,000 | A large and long-tracked tornado cut a path of damage twenty-nine miles in length and at times nearly three-quarters of a mile wide across portions of Lamb, Hale, Castro and Swisher Counties between 17:57 and 18:36 CST on the 21st. Total damages from the tornado were estimated to exceed $1.2 million, and one person was injured.|The large tornado tracked across northwestern Hale County between 18:10 and 18:18 CST. Local newspaper reports indicate that the most notable damage along the tornado's path in northwestern Hale County occurred to numerous center pivot irrigation systems. At least ten irrigation systems were reportedly destroyed in fields west and northwest of Halfway.|Damage caused by the tornado east of Olton (Lamb County) supported an EF-2 rating with winds estimated between 110 and 120 mph.| |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halfway | $100,000 | Damaging thunderstorm winds accompanied the destructive hail over much of western Hale County. At least ten wood utility poles were snapped along U.S. Highway 70 and Farm to Market Road 179 near Halfway. Also, several irrigation systems were destroyed. The wind additionally increased the destructiveness of the hail's impact on cotton crops. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Halfway | $50,000 | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halfway | $40,000 | A center pivot irrigation system was destroyed by strong thunderstorm wind. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halfway | $25,000 | From 1948 CST to 2023 CST, a swath of severe thunderstorm wind gusts affected a portion of northern Hale County. The swath began just east of Halfway and persisted through Plainview and ended near Aiken. The maximum wind gust of 63 mph was recorded was by a Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet near Aiken. Furthermore, a tractor trailer was blown over on Interstate-27 just north of Plainview. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Halfway | $25,000 | The swath of very large hail that began near Olton continued along with the parent supercell into extreme western Hale County west of Halfway. Several storm chasers received damage to their vehicles near the Lamb and Hale County line as they observed a developing tornado to their southwest. In addition, some agricultural losses were attributed to hail-damaged cotton crops. |
| October 2007 | Hail | Halfway | $10,000 | A devastating hail swath accompanied a severe thunderstorm that moved southeastward from portions of Castro County over much of western Hale County. Wind blown large hail destroyed more than 15,000 acres of cotton and corn crops from west of Edmonson to near Cotton Center. The cotton crops were mature, and were less than two weeks from harvest. The worst damage occurred near Mayfield, where giant hail combined with damaging winds. |
| October 2007 | Hail | Halfway | $10,000 | Multiple reports indicated that giant hail up to the size of baseballs combined with damaging thunderstorm winds to result in extreme damage to cotton crops along Farm to Market Road 179 from south-southwest of Halfway to Mayfield. Only stalks were left standing in fields and windows were broken in a number homes. Hail up to the size of golfballs remained covering the ground the following morning. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Halfway | $10,000 | The Hale County Sheriff's Office reported golfball size hail covering the ground. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Halfway | - | A report was received of quarter size hail along US Highway 70 west of Plainview near the town of Halfway. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EFU) | Halfway | - | Storm chasers observed and photographed a brief tornado approximately five miles southwest of Edmonson in Hale County. The NWS survey team was unable to locate any damage. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Halfway | - | Hail from quarter to golf ball size fell from Halfway to Edmonson. Damage was unknown. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Halfway | - | Citizens reported nickel sized hail underneath a strong thunderstorm moving from southwest of Halfway to west of Hale Center. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Halfway | - | Quarter size hail was estimated by the public about 1.3 miles WNW of Halfway. No damage was observed. |
| April 2010 | Heavy Rain | Halfway | - | Heavy rainfall began over much of west Texas during the early morning hours of the 15th. By the time rainfall had subsided early on the 17th, 3.71 inches of rainfall was officially measured at Plainview. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Halfway | - | Multiple reports of golfball size hail were received from the Halfway vicinity from both local emergency management officials and the National Severe Storms Laboratory SHAVE project. No damage was reported. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Halfway | - | A low precipitation supercell moved eastward from the Olton vicinity (Lamb County) and produced large hail in northwestern Hale County. Law enforcement officials reported quarter size hail at Halfway at 18:37 CST. Storm chasers additionally discovered hail measuring just over one inch in diameter on the ground southwest of Edmonson. This hail fall likely occurred around 19:05 CST as estimated by Doppler radar imagery. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Halfway | - | Reports from both storm spotters and the public indicated a swath of large hail up to the size of golf balls from just south of Halfway to near Hale Center. No damage was reported. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Halfway | - | Skywarn spotters and storm chasers continued to encounter large hail up to the size of golf balls from near the Lamb and Hale County line along U.S. Highway 70, and then north of Halfway. Minor damage to young cotton crops also was reported. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halfway | - | Additional severe storms over Hale County produced a swath of severe winds over western and southern portions of the county. Local fire department officials reported 60 mph winds in Halfway. Also, the Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet site near Abernathy recorded a wind gust of 58 mph. No damage was reported. |
| October 2007 | Flood | Halfway | - | Heavy rain and hail resulted in ponding water over many roadways and highways in western Hale County. Water covered portions of U.S. Highway 70 near Halfway through much of the morning hours on the 11th. |
| April 1999 | Flash Flood | Halfway | - | Farm-to-Market Road 179 was flooded with two feet of water covering the road north of town. |
| May 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Halfway | - | An off-duty NWS meteorologist reported a brief and apparently weak tornado in open country west of Halfway. No survey was conducted. |
| May 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Halfway | - | A tornado touched down and remained in open country for several minutes. No survey was conducted. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Halfway | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Halfway | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Halfway | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayfield | 5.9 miles | 7 | |
| Edmonson | 7.1 miles | 7 | |
| Hale City (historical) | 7.8 miles | 7 | |
| Wright | 7.9 miles | 7 | |
| Boone | 8.4 miles | 8 | |
| Hale Center | 10.3 miles | 7 | |
| Six Point | 10.3 miles | 7 | |
| Wasson | 10.5 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q116535266 | 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 1358654. 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.