Whiteway, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hamilton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76538. The Survey maps it on the Cutoff Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1888 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cutoff Mtn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Jonesboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1985 USGS Waco quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
40 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Whiteway between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,050 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 273 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2006 | Smoking | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 932 GRASS FIRE |
| 9 August 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BARN CHURCH |
| 19 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | UTP |
| 3 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EVERGREEN |
| 6 June 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 273 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whiteway in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Whiteway | $30,000 | Fire and rescue reported that TX36 was flooded and impassable at CR 414 and 412 with water rescues occurring SE of Hamilton. Flooded underpasses were also reported in Evant at US281 and US84 resulting in vehicle entrapment. Water over the bridge at CR182 was reported as well. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whiteway | $5,000 | Hamilton County Sheriff's Department reported 2 houses and 2 outhouses with major damage near the intersection of FM 932 and CR 432. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whiteway | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2018 | Hail | Whiteway | $1,000 | A trained spotter reported that ping pong ball sized hail cracked the windshield of a vehicle near the intersection of Highway 36 and FM 1602 approximately 2 miles east of the city of Whiteway, TX. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Whiteway | $250 | A trained spotter reported that ping pong ball sized hail cracked the windshield of a car near the intersection of Hwy 36 and FM 1602. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Whiteway | - | Broadcast media reported golf ball sized hail in the city of Jonesboro, TX. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whiteway | - | Amateur radio reported trees down near the intersection of FM 1602 and Hwy 36. |
| August 1996 | Flash Flood | Whiteway | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aleman | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Lanham | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Parsley Crossing | 9.1 miles | 14 | |
| Hamilton | 9.1 miles | 13 | |
| Ohio | 9.4 miles | 14 | |
| Ballard Crossing | 9.4 miles | 14 | |
| Slab Crossing | 9.9 miles | 14 | |
| Schoolerville | 11.4 miles | 13 |
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 Whiteway | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q116029419 | 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 1379270. 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.






