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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Population over time
2 figuresHawley 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 634 | |
| 2020 | 545 | -89 (-14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1891 USGS Anson quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Anson quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Hawley quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Hawley quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Stamford quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
66 since 2005Regional 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 burning | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 14-074 |
| 9 July 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13-067 |
| 6 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 July 2014 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 14-070 |
| 10 July 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 14-066 |
| 27 June 2005 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROLLING PLAINS - 10 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 82 shownRegional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF3) | Hawley | 4 hurt | The 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 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawley | $200,000 | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Hawley | $100,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Hawley | $40,000 | A 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 2004 | Hail | Hawley | $25,000 | Two inch diameter hail resulted in damage to windows and sky lights near Hawley. |
| May 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Hawley | $1,000 | A brief tornado blew down a few utility poles near Hawley. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawley | $1,000 | High winds downed several trees near Hawley. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Hawley | - | Public reported baseball size hail reported 4.5 miles north-northwest of Hawley. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Hawley | - | Public reported baseball size hail 2 miles south of Hawley. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Hawley | - | Public reported slightly smaller than grapefruit size hail 1 mile south of Hawley. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawley | - | There was property damage reported southwest of Hawley on FM 605. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Hawley | - | Public reported baseball to grapefruit size hail in Hawley. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Hawley | - | The public reported baseball size hail in Hawley. The very large hail damaged vehicles and home windows were broken. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Hawley | - | Trained spotter reported quarter size hail. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Hawley | - | Amateur radio operator reported quarter size hail in Hawley. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Hawley | - | The public reported golf ball size hail in Hawley. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawley | - | 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawley | - | 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 2020 | Hail | Hawley | - | Hawley Police Department reported lots of pea to dime size hail. |
| September 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawley | - | 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 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawley | - | A trained spotter estimated a wind gust of 65 mph. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawley | - | The public estimated a wind gust of 70 mph. |
| March 2017 | Tornado (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 2017 | Hail | Hawley | - | The public reported golf ball size hail 4 miles east of Hawley. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Hawley | - | The Jones County Sheriff's office reported quarter size hail just north of Hawley. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawley | - | Damaging thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees just northeast of Hawley along|FM 1226. |
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Hawley | - | Farm to Market Road 605 was flooded between Hodges and Hawley. |
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Hawley | - | Farm to Market Road 1226 was flooded just east of Hawley. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawley | - | The public estimated a 60 MPH wind gust. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawley | - | Power lines were reported down on U.S. Highway 277 in Hawley. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawley | - | The metal roof on a house was peeled back. In addition, numerous large tree limbs were reported broken, and a carport was damaged. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawley | - | Spotters reported a roof blown off a building in Hawley. |
| May 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Hawley | - | Law enforcement reported two brief touchdowns in a pasture near Lake Fort Phantom Hill. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawley | - | The combination of strong winds and large hail damaged the roof of the Hawley Volunteer Fire Department. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Hawley | - | Extensive damage was reported around Lake fort Phantom Hill with numerous reports of baseball size hail causing broken windows. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (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 2003 | Hail | Hawley | - | 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 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawley | - | The strong thunderstorm wind damaged a shed. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Hawley | - | Trained storm spotters reported that golfball size hail covered the ground. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Hawley | - | Highway 277 was flooded. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Hawley | - | 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 2018 | Hail | Hawley | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Hawley | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Hawley | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Hawley | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Hawley | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Hawley | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Hawley | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Hawley | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Hawley | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Hawley | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Hawley | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Hawley | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Hawley | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Hawley | - | no account filed |
| February 2005 | Hail | Hawley | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Hawley | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Hawley | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Hawley | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Hawley | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hodges | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| North Abilene | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Truby | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Fort Phantom Hill (historical) | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Phantom Hill | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Stith | 8.2 miles | 12 | |
| Nugent | 9.6 miles | 12 | |
| Funston | 9.7 miles | 11 |
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 Hawley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q974740 | 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 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.






