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One of 5 National Register listings published here for Carson County · listed in 2007 · category: Structure.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Route 66, TX 207 to I-40
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Texas Farm Rd. 2161, from I-40 to TX 207, Conway, 79068
- When was it listed? April 2007
- Category. structure
- Also known as. Route 66 in Texas MPS
- Census division. Panhandle
- National Register reference number. 06000924 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
18 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Route 66, TX 207 to I-40 between 2006 and 2020, burning about 9,158 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWAY 207 & CHARLIE RD. |
| 17 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHARLIE RD. & CEMATARY RD. |
| 14 August 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 June 2006 | Natural | 8,000 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 550 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RUSS COMPLEX FIRE |
| 10 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE |
Storms near this property
60 of 63 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Conway, the town this property stands in, in 63 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 45 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado. The reports record 5 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | 4 hurt | Four tractor trailer rigs were blown over on Interstate 40. Four people were taken to the hospital for treatment. |
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | 1 hurt, $50,000 | Local law enforcement officials reported that three eighteen wheeler tractor trailer rigs were either rolled over or blown into a ditch along Interstate 40 between Amarillo and Groom. There was one minor injury reported. |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | $150,000 | Eighteen wheeler was blown over. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Conway | - | Quarter size hail fell along I-40 north of Claude. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Conway | - | This hail was observed 8 miles west of Groom. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Conway | - | Golf ball size hail fell 6 miles northeast of Washburn. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Conway | - | Gold ball hail fell across Interstate 40 around mile marker 102 as a severe storm crossed the highway. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Conway | - | At 207 and interstate 40. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | - | Estimated measurement of 70 MPH. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Conway | - | Quarter size hail was reported 3 miles northwest of Conway. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Conway | - | Half dollar size hail fell 8 miles north-northeast of Claude. |
| April 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Conway | - | Storm chasers observed a non-mesocyclonic tornado near Conway. A National Weather Service damage survey found minor telephone pole damage. A damage rating of EF-0 was assigned to this tornado. Estimated peak winds were 70 mph. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Conway | - | Quarter size hail was reported 7 miles west of Groom. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Conway | - | Quarter size hail was reported in Conway. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Conway | - | Discrete thunderstorms developed over the southern Texas Panhandle during the evening hours of the 16th. One of these thunderstorms developed over northern Carson County and moved to the south-southeast across the county. A trained storm spotter 2 miles east of Conway (Carson County) reported ping pong size hail (1.50 inches) as the thunderstorm moved overhead. The thunderstorm continued to move to the south-southeast across the county after producing this hail. |
| May 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Conway | - | The tornado remained over open country and the path length and width were estimated. |
| May 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Conway | - | The tornado remained over open country and the path length and width were estimated. |
| June 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Conway | - | The tornado remained over open country and the track was estimated. |
| April 1995 | Hail | Conway | - | Thunderstorms over the Texas panhandle caused nearly $200 thousand in damage. Several trailers, barns and outbuildings were destroyed in Ochiltree county and the wind was measured at 89 MPH in Perryton. In Booker, windows were blown out in several homes. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 06000924 in Record Group 79. |
| Carson County | All 5 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.