Midway, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Coahoma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79720. The Survey maps it on the Coahoma quadrangle.

Midway within Howard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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.

1942 USGS Big Spring North quadrangle1:62500
1954 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Big Spring North quadrangle1:62500
1971 USGS Coahoma quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

219 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 219 fires within 5 miles of Midway between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,770 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	84
Debris and open burning	46
Equipment and vehicle use	33
Power generation/transmission/distribution	29
Smoking	13
Arson/incendiarism	8
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Natural	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
27 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	1200 BLK N FM 700
25 September 2015	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	N SERVICE RD AND TEXAS
25 September 2009	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	180 & 184 I-20
25 September 2009	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	MM 188 I-20
24 September 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	MM 181-182 I-20
24 September 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	N MOSS LAKE RD
18 September 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	303 RAMSEY
10 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	MM 184-185 I-20

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Howard 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 Midway: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Martin Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Howard 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Sand Springs	1.2 miles	10
Ziler	1.8 miles	11
Coahoma	3.7 miles	10
Big Spring	6.0 miles	11
Webb Village	7.7 miles	12
South Haven	8.6 miles	12
Fairview	9.7 miles	9
Elbow	10.9 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1341555. 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.