Midway, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the East Crockett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76943. The Survey maps it on the Double Mill Draw NW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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 Sonora quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Double Mill Draw NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ozona quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Midway between 2009 and 2020, burning about 30,888 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 |
|---|---|
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 220 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MIDWAY LANE |
| 6 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6,983 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 190 EAST |
| 1 August 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OZONA |
| 22 July 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 625 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CINCO TERRY |
| 5 June 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JUST EAST MIDWAY LANE |
| 12 May 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 87 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SINGLETERRY 1 |
| 31 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 190 WEST |
| 27 February 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22,958 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILLIAMS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ozona | 14.0 miles | 7 | |
| Crockett Heights | 14.5 miles | 7 | |
| Four Corner Windmill | 28.9 miles | 7 | |
| Fort Lancaster | 33.0 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380190. 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.



