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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.

Ware within Dallam County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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

17 since 2006

Regional 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 use6
Smoking3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
21 September 2007Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
24 July 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 102
22 July 2015Natural2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePOLLARD
29 June 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRORMAN RD.
19 June 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceOLD GANDY PLACE
23 April 2008Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
20 March 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
15 March 2012Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRORMAN RD.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallam County

Storms near this place

32 since 2001

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2024Thunderstorm WindWare$10,000The roof of a grain silo was ripped off and the west side wall of the silo was caved in.
June 2025Tornado (EF1)Ware$3,000The 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 2025Tornado (EFU)Ware-Chasers documented a brief and weak touchdown in open field south of Perico. No other damage was noted.
July 2025HailWare-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 2023Thunderstorm WindWare-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 2020HailWare-Penny size hail fell 1 mile east of Ware.
June 2019HailWare-Late report with time estimated by radar.
May 2019HailWare-Quarter size hail and half an inch of rain in 20 minutes.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindWare-Trailer was destroyed NW of Dalhart.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindWare-Center pivot irrigation system flipped at the intersection of HWY 87 and 102.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindWare-Estimated wind gust of 70 MPH.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindWare-Late report of thunderstorm wind gusts estimated up to 60 MPH.
May 2016Tornado (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 2016HailWare-Golf ball size hail was reported 3 miles northwest of Ware.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindWare-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 2015Thunderstorm WindWare-A storm chaser estimated a wind gust of 65 mph 13 miles northeast of Ware.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindWare-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 2010Tornado (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 2009HailWare-The general public reported that the hail ranged in size from golf balls to baseballs.
July 2007HailWare-Reported along Farm to Market Road 1727 in southern Dallam County.
July 2025HailWare-no account filed
June 2023HailWare-no account filed
May 2021HailWare-no account filed
May 2010HailWare-no account filed
May 2010HailWare-no account filed
May 2010HailWare-no account filed
May 2010HailWare-no account filed
July 2009HailWare-no account filed
June 2008HailWare-no account filed
June 2004HailWare-no account filed
October 2002Thunderstorm WindWare-no account filed
May 2001HailWare-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dallam 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
Bolin5.1 miles6
Bunker Hill9.6 miles6
Perico10.3 miles7
Dalhart13.6 miles6
Windy Hill13.9 miles6
Hitt15.1 miles6
Corlena15.3 miles7
Thompson Grove16.6 miles7

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 WareAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q127705256The 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.