Ware, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1973. It stands in the Dalhart census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79022. The Survey maps it on the Bolin 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 Dalhart quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Dalhart quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Dalhart quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Bolin quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
17 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Ware between 2006 and 2016, burning about 173 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 102 |
| 22 July 2015 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | POLLARD |
| 29 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRORMAN RD. |
| 19 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | OLD GANDY PLACE |
| 23 April 2008 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 March 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRORMAN RD. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
32 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ware in 32 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 18 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ware | $10,000 | The roof of a grain silo was ripped off and the west side wall of the silo was caved in. |
| June 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Ware | $3,000 | The tornado touched down in rural southwest Dallam County and it destroyed a barn south of FM 1727. The estimated maximum wind speed was 95mph. |
| June 2025 | Tornado (EFU) | Ware | - | Chasers documented a brief and weak touchdown in open field south of Perico. No other damage was noted. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Ware | - | Strong winds and hail occurred over large area just west of Dalhart to the state line, generally extending from around Highway 87 to Highway 54. This impacted many farms and there was damage to crops throughout the area. This included some fields that were completely flattened and were a total loss. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ware | - | A large tree was blown over onto a house. A trained spotter had collected a report from the resident of this home. Resident said there was no damage on the inside of the house. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Ware | - | Penny size hail fell 1 mile east of Ware. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Ware | - | Late report with time estimated by radar. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Ware | - | Quarter size hail and half an inch of rain in 20 minutes. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ware | - | Trailer was destroyed NW of Dalhart. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ware | - | Center pivot irrigation system flipped at the intersection of HWY 87 and 102. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ware | - | Estimated wind gust of 70 MPH. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ware | - | Late report of thunderstorm wind gusts estimated up to 60 MPH. |
| May 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Ware | - | This tornado resulted in flattened grass, a flipped center pivot irrigation system and a small trailer flipped over in a field. This was consistent with EF-0 damage and estimated peak winds of 80 mph. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Ware | - | Golf ball size hail was reported 3 miles northwest of Ware. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ware | - | A grain elevator was blown over and blocking Highway 87 near Pollard Road. Further south in Dallam County some irrigation pivots were blown over. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ware | - | A storm chaser estimated a wind gust of 65 mph 13 miles northeast of Ware. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ware | - | A cluster of thunderstorms moved out of the Oklahoma Panhandle and into the Texas Panhandle during the evening hours of the 30th. As this cluster of thunderstorms moved near the town of Dalhart (Dallam County), a member of the public reported an estimated 75 mph thunderstorm downburst wind 20 miles north Dalhart (Dallam County). After producing this downburst the cluster of thunderstorms continued to move to the southeast. |
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Ware | - | The tornado touched down three miles east northeast of Ware at 1952 CST and remained over open country. The tornado was on the ground for about one half mile with a maximum path width of twenty-five yards. The tornado dissipated at 1953 CST. No damage or injuries were reported. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Ware | - | The general public reported that the hail ranged in size from golf balls to baseballs. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Ware | - | Reported along Farm to Market Road 1727 in southern Dallam County. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Ware | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Ware | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Ware | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Ware | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Ware | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Ware | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Ware | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Ware | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Ware | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Ware | - | no account filed |
| October 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ware | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Ware | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bolin | 5.1 miles | 6 | |
| Bunker Hill | 9.6 miles | 6 | |
| Perico | 10.3 miles | 7 | |
| Dalhart | 13.6 miles | 6 | |
| Windy Hill | 13.9 miles | 6 | |
| Hitt | 15.1 miles | 6 | |
| Corlena | 15.3 miles | 7 | |
| Thompson Grove | 16.6 miles | 7 |
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 Ware | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q127705256 | 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 1380744. 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.



