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Hawley, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hawley-Noodle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79525. The Survey maps it on the Hawley quadrangle. 545 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,640 feet above sea level.

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Hawley within Jones County

Population over time

2 figures

Hawley fell from 634 to 545 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010634
2020545-89 (-14%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

66 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Hawley between 2005 and 2020, burning about 949 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 were 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
Debris and open burning25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use14
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1

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
22 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service14-074
9 July 2013Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service13-067
6 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
20 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
14 July 2014Natural3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service14-070
10 July 2014Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service14-066
27 June 2005Debris and open burning20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceROLLING PLAINS - 10

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jones County

Storms near this place

60 of 82 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hawley in 82 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 51 hail, 21 thunderstorm wind, 7 tornado, 3 flash flood. The reports record 4 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
May 2024Tornado (EF3)Hawley4 hurtThe tornado was part of a cyclical supercell moving southeastward|through Jones County just west of US-277. The tornado that |produced damage dropped just north of CR-460 and moved southeast |before causing damage to metal outbuildings on two properties. It |continued southeast then turned to the south-southwest where it |damaged a home and snapped some trees and wooden power poles. It |continued southwestward before completely destroying a home that |was under construction. It also threw several trucks and a trailer|about 100 yards before crossing CR-458. Continuing southwestward,|the tornado completely destroyed another house and injured a |family of four. The tornado made one more turn southeastward where|it hit a small neighborhood. In the neighborhood, it caused roof |damage to a few homes and outbuildings. Before exiting the |neighborhood, it took most of the roof off of a house and caused |some of the walls to collapse. It also destroyed a metal garage |and heavily damaged an attached metal outbuilding. The tornado |crossed FM-605 before dissipating shortly thereafter. The estimated |peak wind speed was 165 mph.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindHawley$200,000no account filed
June 1996HailHawley$100,000no account filed
July 1995Tornado (F0)Hawley$40,000A brief tornado touchdown unroofed a house, damaged a barn and blew down power lines. Hawley,02,1832CST,,,0,0,0,0,Hail (1.00) 7 E Hawley,02,1846CST,,,0,0,0,0,Hail (1.75) 6 E Hawley,02,1900CST,,,0,0,0,0,Hail (1.75)
June 2004HailHawley$25,000Two inch diameter hail resulted in damage to windows and sky lights near Hawley.
May 2002Tornado (F0)Hawley$1,000A brief tornado blew down a few utility poles near Hawley.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindHawley$1,000High winds downed several trees near Hawley.
May 2024HailHawley-Public reported baseball size hail reported 4.5 miles north-northwest of Hawley.
May 2024HailHawley-Public reported baseball size hail 2 miles south of Hawley.
May 2024HailHawley-Public reported slightly smaller than grapefruit size hail 1 mile south of Hawley.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHawley-There was property damage reported southwest of Hawley on FM 605.
May 2024HailHawley-Public reported baseball to grapefruit size hail in Hawley.
April 2024HailHawley-The public reported baseball size hail in Hawley. The very large hail damaged vehicles and home windows were broken.
April 2024HailHawley-Trained spotter reported quarter size hail.
June 2023HailHawley-Amateur radio operator reported quarter size hail in Hawley.
June 2023HailHawley-The public reported golf ball size hail in Hawley.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindHawley-A Facebook post mentioning damage or destruction to the roof of a school in Hawley. Another Facebook post of metal stands blown onto a baseball field. The time was estimated off radar.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindHawley-Public reported damage to a mobile home which was rolled over. Also, large tree branches were snapped. The estimated wind gust was 95 mph.
September 2020HailHawley-Hawley Police Department reported lots of pea to dime size hail.
September 2020Thunderstorm WindHawley-Hawley PD and U.S. Post Office reported widespread broken treel limbs and two Mesquite trees toppled over on FM 1082. Also, two trampolines were blown away. The winds blew very strong from 3 to 315 PM CDT.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindHawley-A trained spotter estimated a wind gust of 65 mph.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindHawley-The public estimated a wind gust of 70 mph.
March 2017Tornado (EF0)Hawley-Storm chasers provided video evidence and good times for this tornado. This tornado featured a brief horizontal tube and also had multiple weak looking vortices. The path of this tornado was estimated using radar data. A National Weather survey team did not find any damage with this tornado.
May 2017HailHawley-The public reported golf ball size hail 4 miles east of Hawley.
May 2017HailHawley-The Jones County Sheriff's office reported quarter size hail just north of Hawley.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindHawley-Damaging thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees just northeast of Hawley along|FM 1226.
October 2015Flash FloodHawley-Farm to Market Road 605 was flooded between Hodges and Hawley.
October 2015Flash FloodHawley-Farm to Market Road 1226 was flooded just east of Hawley.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindHawley-The public estimated a 60 MPH wind gust.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindHawley-Power lines were reported down on U.S. Highway 277 in Hawley.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindHawley-The metal roof on a house was peeled back. In addition, numerous large tree limbs were reported broken, and a carport was damaged.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindHawley-Spotters reported a roof blown off a building in Hawley.
May 2006Tornado (F0)Hawley-Law enforcement reported two brief touchdowns in a pasture near Lake Fort Phantom Hill.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindHawley-The combination of strong winds and large hail damaged the roof of the Hawley Volunteer Fire Department.
May 2006HailHawley-Extensive damage was reported around Lake fort Phantom Hill with numerous reports of baseball size hail causing broken windows.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Hawley-The Hawley fire department saw a tornado develop just to the east of the town. The tornado was on the ground for only a few minutes over open country.
May 2003HailHawley-Trained storm spotters reported hail in Hawley and up to 3 miles west of Hawley. The hail size ranged from quarter to golfball size.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindHawley-The strong thunderstorm wind damaged a shed.
May 2003HailHawley-Trained storm spotters reported that golfball size hail covered the ground.
June 1995HailHawley-Highway 277 was flooded.
May 1994HailHawley-Storm spotters reported a tornado touchdown on the northeast side of Lake Fort Phantom. This storm first appeared as a funnel cloud over the west side of Abilene, then moved northeast into Jones County before briefly touching down at Lake Fort Phantom. No damage was reported.
June 2018HailHawley-no account filed
May 2016HailHawley-no account filed
May 2016HailHawley-no account filed
July 2016HailHawley-no account filed
May 2015HailHawley-no account filed
May 2015HailHawley-no account filed
June 2014HailHawley-no account filed
June 2014HailHawley-no account filed
June 2013HailHawley-no account filed
March 2008HailHawley-no account filed
March 2008HailHawley-no account filed
April 2007HailHawley-no account filed
April 2006HailHawley-no account filed
May 2006HailHawley-no account filed
February 2005HailHawley-no account filed
May 2005HailHawley-no account filed
May 2005HailHawley-no account filed
April 2004HailHawley-no account filed
May 2004HailHawley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jones 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
Hodges3.3 miles15
North Abilene5.2 miles15
Truby6.3 miles12
Fort Phantom Hill (historical)7.1 miles12
Phantom Hill7.5 miles12
Stith8.2 miles12
Nugent9.6 miles12
Funston9.7 miles11

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 HawleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q974740The 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 1337477. 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.